Kia
Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아, IPA: [ki.a], formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry (京城精密工業) and Kia Motors Corporation) is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer, after its parent company, Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 2.8 million vehicles in 2019. As of 2015, Kia is owned by Hyundai, which holds a 33.88% stake valued at just over US$6 billion. Kia in turn is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries ranging from 4.9% up to 45.37%, totaling more than US$8.3 billion.
For other uses, see Kia (disambiguation).
Native name
기아 주식회사
- Kyungsung Precision Industry
- Kia Motors Corporation
June 9, 1944[1]
Worldwide (except Japan, North Korea, Cuba, Afghanistan)
- Chung Eui-sun (chairman)
- Song Ho-Sung (president & CEO)
- Karim Habib (chief design officer)
- Automobiles
- Commercial vehicles
2.6 million (2021)
₩7.2331 trillion[2] (2022)
₩5.409 trillion[2] (2022)
₩73.711 trillion[2] (2022)
₩39.3431 trillion[2] (2022)
- Hyundai Motor Company (33.88%)[3]
- National Pension Service (6.91%)[3]
- Chung Eui-sun (1.74%)[3]
51,975 (2021)
Gia
Kia
As of March 2023:
1953–1964
1964–1986
1986-1994
1994–2012
2012–2021
2021–present
