Professor Jongsuk Ye was born on December 13, 1953, and received a master\'s degree in economics, a master\'s degree in business management, and a Ph.D. in business management from Indiana University. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the School of Business, Hanyang University. He had also been active in the non-profit sector, served as the chairman of the Community Chest of Korea, and as the chairman of the board of the Beautiful Foundation. He had served as the non-executive director of various companies including Cheil Industries and Doosan, and served as president of the Korean Society of Consumer Studies and the Korean Society for Future Strategy. He was awarded the Order of Service Merit Aquamarine Stripes and won the Academic Contribution Award at the Korea Management Awards. He is the author of \'Noblesse Oblige\' and \'A Very Special Lecture on Business Management by Professor Ye Jongsuk\', and \'Business Management as Hopeful as It Gets\' among others.