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KDB CEO Eager to Take Over Former Employer Lehman Brothers

By Kim Jae-kyoung

Staff Reporter

For Min Euoo-sung, chairman and CEO of Korea Development Bank (KDB), there might be two big dreams in mind as the head of the state-run lender being put up for privatization.

One is to lead KDB into successful privatization, while the other is to transform the state bank into a force in the global market. But his recent aggressive move to buy a stake in Lehman Brothers indicates