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Paik Jong Won
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Paik Jong Won (Korean: 백종원) is a celebrity businessman who is well known for his appearances on TV shows such as "Black and White Spoon: Cooking Class War" and his signature restaurant.
Born on September 4, 1966. Height: 173cm. Weight: 87kg. Education: Yonsei University. Family: Wife So Yoo Jin (actress), son, two daughters.
Korea management office: THE BORN KOREA (as of 2025). Korean talent and businessman Baek Jongwon is the CEO of THE BORN
CEO of KOREA. He claims that he is not a chef. He worked part-time at an izakaya when he was a college freshman, but after a month he bought the restaurant and started a fried chicken izakaya business.
After the discharge, he ran a distributor of interior construction materials called Dyne. He also started a restaurant business to pay his employees. The business went bankrupt due to the Korean currency crisis, and he moved to Hong Kong to end his life.
While eating at a restaurant, he got an idea and decided to return to Korea. After returning to the country, he started a food stall franchise while running a ssambap shop.
In 2006, he started owning many franchises such as Baek Tabang and Hong Kong Restaurant. Episodes and anecdotes: On January 19, 2013, he married actress So Yoo Jin.
・April 9, 2014: First son (Yonghee) born. ・September 21, 2015: Second daughter (Seohyun) born.
・On February 8, 2018, the third child, a girl (Se Eun-chan), was born.
Born on September 4, 1966. Height: 173cm. Weight: 87kg. Education: Yonsei University. Family: Wife So Yoo Jin (actress), son, two daughters.
Korea management office: THE BORN KOREA (as of 2025). Korean talent and businessman Baek Jongwon is the CEO of THE BORN
CEO of KOREA. He claims that he is not a chef. He worked part-time at an izakaya when he was a college freshman, but after a month he bought the restaurant and started a fried chicken izakaya business.
After the discharge, he ran a distributor of interior construction materials called Dyne. He also started a restaurant business to pay his employees. The business went bankrupt due to the Korean currency crisis, and he moved to Hong Kong to end his life.
While eating at a restaurant, he got an idea and decided to return to Korea. After returning to the country, he started a food stall franchise while running a ssambap shop.
In 2006, he started owning many franchises such as Baek Tabang and Hong Kong Restaurant. Episodes and anecdotes: On January 19, 2013, he married actress So Yoo Jin.
・April 9, 2014: First son (Yonghee) born. ・September 21, 2015: Second daughter (Seohyun) born.
・On February 8, 2018, the third child, a girl (Se Eun-chan), was born.