CJ Group (Korean: 씨제이) is a South Korean conglomerate holding company and one of the largest Chaebol headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, entertainment and media, home shopping and logistics.[2] CJ Group is originally a branch of Samsung.
CJ comes from ‘Cheil Jedang’ (Hangul: 제일 제당), which can literally mean “first sugar manufacture”, the industry where it originally started.
Notable CJ subsidiaries include CJ CheilJedang (Food and Beverage), CJ Logistics (Logistics), CJ Olive Networks (Health & Beauty Stores & IT), CJ ENM (Entertainment and Retail), and CJ CGV (Cinema Chain). The group is chaired by Lee Jay-hyun, eldest grandson of Samsung’s founder.