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Sung Won Sohn

Economic Consultant, Finance Professor, Former CEO of Hanmi Financial

Sung Won Sohn
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Business, Change Management, Corporate Strategy, Economy, Education, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Motivational, Music, Personal Growth, Political, Strategic Leadership, Technology
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Sung Won Sohn Biography

Dr. Sohn is a Professor of Finance and Economics at Loyola-Marymount University. He is also president of SS Economics, an economic consulting firm focused on the U.S. economy, international trade in the pacific-rim and technology including AI. Dr. Sohn also serves as a Commissioner for LACERS (Los Angeles City Employee Retirement System) managing $25 billion in assets. Dr. Sohn was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hanmi Financial Corporation, a commercial bank in Los Angeles, California, an Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at Wells Fargo Banks and Vice Chairman of the Board at a retailer Forever 21. He served on the Boards of Directors for Western Alliance Bancorporation, National Association of Corporate Directors PSW and Claremont Graduate University.

Prior to Wells Fargo, Dr. Sohn was a Senior Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors in The White House. He was responsible for economic and legislative matters pertaining to The Federal Reserve and financial markets. Dr. Sohn has also been a tenured professor in Pennsylvania State University System and MVS professor at the California State University System.

Dr. Sohn is on Wall Street Journal’s Board of economists. In 2001, Bloomberg News selected Dr. Sohn as one of the five most accurate forecasters in the United States. In 2002, Blue Chip Publications picked him as the most accurate forecaster for the Western States, and he was named to Time Magazine's Board of Economists. In 2006, The Wall Street Journal featured a story naming Dr. Sohn as the most accurate economist in the United States. This is one of the most prestigious honors in the economics profession.

Dr. Sohn was chosen as one of the 100 most influential Minnesotans of the 20th century by the state’s largest daily newspaper, The Star Tribune. Others on the list included Charles Lindberg, Sinclair Lewis, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Charles Schultz of Peanuts. Dr. Sohn was a Commissioner of the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest seaport. He has served on the boards of Hanmi Financial Corporation, First California Bancorporation, Cryo Cell International, Ministers Mutual Life Insurance Company, LA Music Center (Performing Arts), Children’s Bureau of Los Angeles, Foreign Affairs Council of LA, Park Nicollet Health Services, The Blake School, Minnesota Community College System, North Memorial Medical Center, Harvard Business School Association of Minnesota, Crystal Evangelical Free Church, Children's Theater Company, and the American Heart Association of Minnesota and Girl Scouts of Minnesota.

He is the author of two books: "Global Financial Crisis" and "Exit Strategy" (2009) and "The New Economy" (2014).

Dr. Sohn was educated at the University of Florida, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard Business School and MIT.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/30/2024.

Sung Won Sohn Speaking Topics

  • The Economy after the Election

    The winners and losers plus interest rates, the dollar, the stock market, your industry.

  • AI and You

    How AI permeates throughout your daily lives and how to take advantage of it. Includes education on AI.

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