The Woman Shaking Up the $50 Billion Instant-Ramen Industry

SEOUL—Kim Jung-soo’s life seems torn from the pages of a South Korean drama. She married into the Samyang conglomerate family and became a stay-at-home mom, then she abruptly joined the instant-noodle company after it declared bankruptcy in the late 1990s. She faced legal woes that necessitated a presidential pardon. 

Now, she is CEO.