Ahn Cheol-Soo

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ahn.

Ahn Cheol-Soo
Born	February 26, 1962 (1962-02-26) (age 49) Busan, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Other names	Charles Ahn
Ethnicity	Korean
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Professor, entrepreneur, researcher, programmer, physician
Years active	1988–present
Employer	Seoul National University
Known for	V3 (antivirus software)
Home town	Busan, South Korea
Title	Dean, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, SNU
Board member of	AhnLab Inc
Religion	Buddhist
Spouse	Kim Mi-Kyung
Children	1 daughter
Korean name
Hangul	안철수
Hanja	安哲秀
Revised Romanization	An Cheol-Su
McCune–Reischauer	An Ch'ŏlsu
Website
http://global.ahnlab.com
Notes [1][2][3]

Ahn Cheol-Soo (Hangul: 안철수; born February 26, 1962), is a professor and businessperson in South Korea. He founded AhnLab Inc., an antivirus software company in 1995. Now he is the dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University. He is also serving as chairman and Chief Learning Officer of AhnLab Inc. and chairman of the board of Noritown Studio, originally an internal corporate venture of AhnLab Inc., now operating as a separate entity.

Biography

Ahn was born on February 26, 1962 in Busan, South Korea. He earned his MD, MS and PhD in physiology from Seoul National University (1980 - 1991). He individually researched computer antivirus software programs while at Seoul National University Hospital and Dankook University Hospital, and founded venture after resigning from his medical duties. Later AhnLab Inc became the largest computer security company in South Korea,^[4][5] and has been included in recent annual lists of the Korea’s most admired companies by Korea Management Association Consultants (KMCA).^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Ahn holds a MSE from University of Pennsylvania (1997) and an MBA from Wharton (2008). He resigned as CEO in 2005, and since then he has been serving as chairman of the board. Ahn became an outside director of POSCO in 2005, and in 2010, he was appointed chairman of the company.

In 1988 he married Kim Mi-kyung. In 2002, his wife resigned from her position of associate professor at Sungkyunkwan University Medical School and went to the U.S. to study at the University of Washington School of Law similar to the way Ahn had gone. Upon graduation, she was admitted to the bar of California and New York. Since 2008, she has been teaching patent law at KAIST. Ahn has a daughter with Kim.^[11][12][13]

Political Career

In early September 2011, speculation spread that Ahn would enter politics by competing in the October 26 Seoul mayoral by-election. Analysts say that if positioned as an independent, Ahn would attract a degree of support from those disaffected by mainstream political parties in the wake of corruption allegations and continuing policy failures. As a medical doctor, professor, self-taught computer entrepreneur, and corporate leader, Ahn is representative of everything mainstream Korea dreams of becoming.^[14] Ahn's political motivation is very similar to Roh Moo-hyun-led populism in 2002.^[15]

Na Kyung-won was active in a smear campaign against Ahn and his support of Park Won-soon.^[16] Park, however, was elected mayor of Seoul.

Bibliography

• 2009. Happy Virus by Ahn Cheol-Soo (행복 바이러스 안철수: 안철수 박사가 쓴 안철수 이야기). 리젬. 136 pages. ISBN 9788992826259.^[17]
• 2009. My Mother Who Fostered My Ability (재능을 키워 준 나의 어머니). Jaeneung Academy. 143 pages. ISBN 9788976492456.
• 2007. My Turning Point (내 인생의 결정적 순간: 그 순간이 없었으면 지금의 나는 없다). IMAGE Box. 247 pages. ISBN 9788991684348.
• 2004. What We Need (CEO 안철수, 지금 우리에게 필요한 것은). KimYoung. 259 pages. ISBN 8934917202.
• 2003. My Choice (나의 선택: 무엇이든지 하고 싶지만 쉽게 결단을 내리지 못하는 젊음에게). JeongEum. 231 pages. ISBN 8990164192.
• 2001. Spiritual Showdown (CEO 안철수, 영혼이 있는 승부). KimYoung. 291 pages. ISBN 8934907525.
• 2000. Ahn’s Internet Shortcut (안철수의 인터넷 지름길). BookMark. 396 pages. ISBN 8988351142.
• 1997. Ahn’s Protection and Healing Computer Virus (안철수의 바이러스 예방과 치료). Information Age. 222 pages. ISBN 8985346865.
• 1996. Analysing Computer Virus and Making Antivirus Software (바이러스 분석과 백신 제작). Information Age. 391 pages. ISBN 8985346180.
• 1995. Eccentric Computer Dotor, Ahn Cheol-Soo (별난 컴퓨터 의사 안철수). Vision. 336 pages. ISBN 8985456148.
• 1995. Learning Computer Easily (컴퓨터, 참 쉽네요!). Youngjin. 396 pages. ISBN 8931406509.

See also

• Computer security
• Network security
• Entrepreneurship

References

1. ^ "AhnLab". AhnLab. 2002-07-08. http://www.ahnlab.co.kr/company/site/eng/pr/founder_retire.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
2. ^ "AhnLab". Kr.ahnlab.com. 1995-03-15. http://kr.ahnlab.com/company/eng/about/overview.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
3. ^ Ahn Chul-soo: “Korea needs horizontal thinking to make a Nintendo game player.” at Korea Foundation.
4. ^ AhnLab Looks to Perform in International Stage at Korea Times.
5. ^ AhnLab Considers Overseas M&A at Korea IT Times.
6. ^ http://www.kmac.co.kr/certify/certify_01a_1.asp (Korean)
7. ^ AhnLab, "The Korea's Most Admired company" Consecutive 5 years at Asia Economy (2008.02.20). (Korean)
8. ^ "AhnLab". Kr.ahnlab.com. http://kr.ahnlab.com/company/eng/about/milestone.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
9. ^ Samsung Electronics Most Admired Company in Korea: Survey at Maeil Business Newspaper & mk.co.kr
10. ^ Book review "세상에서 가장 안전한 이름 안철수 연구소" at The Hankyoreh. (Korean)
11. ^ http://news.mk.co.kr/news_forward.php?no=9532&year=2008 (Korean)
12. ^ Interview with professor Kim at Koomin Daily Newspaper. (Korean)
13. ^ http://www.sisapress.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=50661 (Korean)
14. ^ http://junotane.com/2011/09/03/ahn-to-enter-seoul-mayoral-race
15. ^ Park (박), Jeong-min (정민) (2011-09-11). "2002년 노풍(盧風)과 2011년 안풍(安風)의 공통점?" (in Korean). Heraldbiz.com. http://biz.heraldm.com/common/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110909000724. Retrieved 2011-09-24. 
16. ^ Kim (김), Beom-hyeon (범현) (2011-10-24). "나경원 "안철수, 억지 지원 모양새..의미없다"" (in Korean). Yonhap News. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/politics/2011/10/24/0502000000AKR20111024032600001.HTML. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
17. ^ Book review "Happy Virus by Ahn Cheol-Soo" at The Hankyoreh. (Korean)

External links

• AhnLab, Inc. official website
• The Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University official website

Persondata
Name	Ahn, Cheol-Soo
Alternative names	안철수 (Korean)
Short description	South Korean businessman
Date of birth	February 26, 1962
Place of birth	Busan
Date of death
Place of death