Born in
Seoul, In addition, he served as the chairman of the board of directors at both Inha and Hankuk Aviation University. In 2000, he was convicted of
tax evasion. He was appointed the head of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Bid Committee, which won the
bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2018. He later served as the president and CEO of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Organizing Committee from 2014 to 2016. In May 2018, a protest rally called for Cho to step down as chairman of
Korean Air. In March 2019, under the support of
NPS, he was ousted from the board by shareholders amid various scandals involving him and his family members, including the
nut rage incident. This was the first time that a founding member of a major South Korean family was forced from the board and it is considered to have been a victory for those working to restrict the powers of the
chaebols. ==Personal life and death==