Kia

Kia Corporation

Logo since 2021
Global headquarters in Seoul
Native name	기아 주식회사
Formerly	Kyungsung Precision Industry Kia Motors Corporation
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 000270
Industry	Automotive
Founded	June 9, 1944; 79 years ago (1944-06-09)[1]
Headquarters	Seoul , South Korea
Area served	Worldwide (except Japan, North Korea, Cuba, Afghanistan)
Key people	Chung Eui-sun (chairman) Song Ho-Sung (president & CEO) Karim Habib (chief design officer)
Products	Automobiles Commercial vehicles
Production output	2.6 million (2021)
Revenue	₩86.559 trillion[2] (2022)
Operating income	₩7.2331 trillion[2] (2022)
Net income	₩5.409 trillion[2] (2022)
Total assets	₩73.711 trillion[2] (2022)
Total equity	₩39.3431 trillion[2] (2022)
Owner	Hyundai Motor Company (35.92%)[2] National Pension Service (7.17%)[2] Employee stock ownership (1.88%)[2] Treasury stocks (1.45%)[2]
Number of employees	51,975 (2021)
Subsidiaries	Kia America Kia Canada Kia Central & South America Kia Middle East/Iran Kia Europe Kia Mexico Kia India Kia Lucky Motors Pakistan
Website	kia.com
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Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아, IPA: [ki.a], formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry (京城精密工業) and Kia Motors Corporation) is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer, after its parent company, Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 2.8 million vehicles in 2019. As of 2015,^[update] Kia is owned by Hyundai, which holds a 33.88% stake valued at just over US$6 billion. Kia in turn is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries ranging from 4.9% up to 45.37%, totaling more than US$8.3 billion.