Chaebol family housekeeper → Annual sales of 47.8 billion kimchi master's life has turned around (millionaires)

By Yoona, Lee

Oct 30, 2025

Chaebol family housekeeper → Annual sales of 47.8 billion kimchi master's life has turned around (millionaires)



'Neighbor Millionaire' revealed the turbulent life of Park Mi-hee, who turned his life around from a poor girl with a salary of 39,000 won to a kimchi company CEO with annual sales of 47.8 billion won'Kimchi Master'.

On EBS 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighborhood Millionaire' (hereinafter 'Neighborhood Millionaire'), which aired on the 29th, the life drama of Park Mi-hee, who produces 100 tons of kimchi a day and 14,400 tons a year, and leads Korea's leading kimchi company, unfolded. From a poor Jeju girl to a housekeeper responsible for the housekeeping of the top conglomerate of the time, to a CEO of a national kimchi company, the hurt and tears she kept deep in her heart and the story of her valuable success at the end heated up the small screen.

In particular, Park Mi-hee is said to be the main character of the "Kimjang Pension" whose sales soar every year during the kimchi-making season. Sales in October alone reached about 7 billion won and 5 billion won in November. As of 2024, annual sales reached a whopping 47.8 billion won. Park Mi-hee stopped studying due to her father's business failure and moved to Seoul in Jeju at the young age of 16. He was responsible for the meals of 20 people at a textile factory in Seoul with a salary of 39,000 won. Later, at the age of 19, he was selected as a housekeeper at the home of the late chairman of Dae○ Group Kim Woo-joong, and at the age of 21, he was selected as the general manager of the housekeeping of the president of Ssang○ Construction. She was favored by the chaebol family for her excellent sense, such as writing down and preparing the core of the newspaper in advance as well as her unique taste of hands.




Chaebol family housekeeper → Annual sales of 47.8 billion kimchi master's life has turned around (millionaires)
Her life marks a turning point when she meets and marries her husband, who used to raise cattle on a small ranch. The ranch was successful enough to increase the number of cattle from seven to 120, but when her husband collapsed from a herniated disc, she opened a restaurant on the spot. And with word of mouth that kimchi is delicious, the restaurant is also very successful? 彭? With this opportunity, Park Mi-hee's kimchi life began in earnest. Then in 2005, the entire kimchi industry was directly hit by the bursting of the Kimchi Parasite egg wave that shook the country. However, Park Mi-hee immediately obtained HACCP certification and quickly secured delivery contracts to hundreds of places, surpassing 10 billion won in sales.

Park Mi-hee continues to donate every month and is active as a member of the same 'Hour Society' (a group of large donors worth more than 100 million won) as Seo Jang-hoon. In addition, kimchi is sent every year to various places such as the Ttangkkeut Village nursery to practice sharing. Park Mi-hee expressed her warm heart, saying, `Even if the price of cabbage goes up, kimchi will not be dropped.' Her eldest daughter and vice president of the company also made a surprise appearance on the show. When Seo Jang-hoon asked "Do you intend to hand over the company to your daughter?", Park Mi-hee answered "I don't know that yet". The reason why she is so strict with her daughter is "You have to experience more of the bitterness and sweetness of the world. So, even if my daughter is good, I don't praise her," he said, showing the leadership of a solid mother.

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Next week, the Choi Yeon-mae episode 'The Wife Who Set Up 40 Billion Debt in Aloe' will air. EBS 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighborhood Millionaires' airs every Wednesday night at 9:55 p.m. (Photo courtesy = EBS 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighborhood Millionaires')



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