Kia

Kia Corporation
Native name
기아 주식회사
Formerly
  • Kyungsung Precision Industry (1944–1952)[1]
  • Kia Industrial Company (1952–1990)[2]
  • Kia Motors Corporation (1990–2021)[2]
Company typePublic
KRX: 000270
Industry
FoundedJune 9, 1944 (1944-06-09)[3]
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Chung Eui-sun (chairman)
  • Song Ho-Sung (president & CEO)
  • Karim Habib (chief design officer)
Products
Production output
2.6 million (2021)
Revenue 86.559 trillion[4] (2022)
₩7.2331 trillion[4] (2022)
₩5.409 trillion[4] (2022)
Total assets ₩73.711 trillion[4] (2022)
Total equity ₩39.3431 trillion[4] (2022)
Owners
  • Hyundai Motor Company (33.88%)[5]
  • National Pension Service (6.91%)[5]
  • Chung Eui-sun (1.74%)[5]
Number of employees
51,975 (2021)
ParentHyundai Motor Company
Subsidiaries
  • Kia America
  • Kia Canada
  • Kia India
  • Kia Central & South America
  • Kia Middle East/Iran
  • Kia Europe
  • Kia Mexico
Websitewww.kia.com
Footnotes / references
[6][7]
Kia
Hangul
기아
Hanja
起亞
RRGia
MRKia

Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아; pronounced [ki.a]) 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. 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.

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  3. ^ "Kia History". kia.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "KIA CORP. 000270". FnGuide. 2022. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Kia Sustainability Report 2023" (PDF). Kia.
  6. ^ "Kia | Board of Directors". Kia. September 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Kia | Employees". Kia. Retrieved September 7, 2022.