# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choe-jong-geok
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:46:25.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choe-jong-geok"
name: "Choe Jong-geok"
slug: "choe-jong-geok"
tagline: "South Korean mechanical engineer and entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EC%84%A0%EA%B2%BD%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C%EA%B4%80_%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85%EA%B1%B4_%EB%8F%99%EC%83%81.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1926-01-09"
deathDate: "1973-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             10
  historical:           2.489352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85%EA%B1%B4_(%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%85%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "최종건 (기업인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E9%92%9F%E5%BB%BA"
    title: "崔钟建"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16173248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations