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Author of Honor No. 4

Kang Shi Chul is a marketing expert and trend strategist. After graduating from the College of Liberal Arts at Korea University in 1983, he began his career at the advertising agency Oricom. By the late 1990s, when he was earning his PhD in Business Administration, the internet had emerged as the central topic in the business world. Recognizing the potential of this then-unfamiliar field, he immersed himself in internet business research and was among the earliest to propose forward-looking industrial strategies and trends.

Over the past more than 30 years, he has researched the broader IT industry, including internet business, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence, establishing himself as a leading authority in the field. He has led numerous companies and has been highly active in lecturing and publishing. More recently, he has been collaborating with Professor Kwon Soon Yong, a pioneer in smart hospital development, to research AI-based medical systems in which medical professionals and smart devices function as a unified team.

He has taught at the University of Oregon in the United States (1987) and at the Graduate School of Business at Sogang University (2014). He was also the first in Korea to develop electric vehicles and electric fishing boats and has served as CEO of several publicly listed companies. He currently serves as Chairman of Tebulus, Chairman of AMD Investment Group, and Chairman of the Alliance for the Eradication of AI Illiteracy.

His awards include the Korea Innovation Enterprise Award (2020), Korea Top CEO Award (2018), and the Creative Management Award Honoring Those Who Illuminated Korea (2017). His published works include The Era of Meta-Medicine Has Arrived, AI Big History: 10 to the 22nd Power, Artificial Intelligence Networks and Super Business, Disruption, and Handicap Marketing, among others.