Dongwon Industries: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Dongwon Industries (KRX: 006040) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea that owns 11 consumer brands across 3 categories.[1]
Dongwon Industries is the business holding company of the Dongwon Group, a Seoul-based seafood and food group. It was established in April 1969, listed on the Korea Stock Exchange in March 1989, and in November 2022 merged with Dongwon Enterprise to become the group holding company. The group site places Dongwon F&B, Dongwon Home Food and Dongwon Farms under Food & Distribution, and StarKist under Global; the brands here come from the Dongwon F&B brand pages and the group site. Dongwon F&B's brand list also shows GNC, Chungeein and Beautick health products; they are left out here, GNC because it is a global supplements brand the page describes as having its own stores.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd. (also Dongwon Group)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
- Founded
- 1969
- Tickers
- KRX: 006040
- Website
- www.dongwon.com/en
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Dongwon Industries in numbers
- Dongwon Industries owns 11 consumer brands tracked here across 3 top-level categories; the largest is food with 8 brands.[1]
- 1 of its brands originated outside South Korea.
Everything Dongwon Industries owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 11 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Dongwon Industries own?
Dongwon Industries owns 11 consumer brands tracked here, including StarKist, Sowanamu, Dongwon Tuna, Yangban, Gaeseong and Boseong Green Tea.
Is Dongwon Industries a South Korean company?
Yes. Dongwon Industries is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 1969.
Who owns Dongwon Industries?
Dongwon Industries is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 006040 on the KRX.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Dongwon Group: Business, Dongwon F&B (brand portfolio) and company history — Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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