He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)

Nov 11, 2025

He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)



Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim, who started with a small cooking academy and became a millionaire by establishing the nation's largest hotel school, will appear on 'Neighbor Millionaire'.

EBS 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighbor Millionaire' (hereinafter 'Neighbor Millionaire'), which will be broadcast at 9:55 p.m. on the 12th, will reveal the life journey of Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim, who runs four schools from the largest hotel school in Korea to middle and high schools in Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do, starting thoroughly empty-handed and being called 'School Rich'.

He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)
He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)
"The building was my goal. Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim, who opened his speech with an unconventional introduction, invites Seo Jang-hoon and Jang Ye-won to a Japanese restaurant in a building. The Japanese restaurant was a special room where the students of Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's 'Hotel School' directly practice and sell them. Seo Jang-hoon and Jang Ye-won were treated to the chef's special sushi prepared by trainees who were so nervous that they forgot to serve soy sauce.




Seo Jang-hoon "I'm not a food expert, but since I was an athlete, I ate a lot of good things since I was young. My taste is very, very...That's so mean. I'll taste it and give you a proper evaluation," he said with high spirits. In response, Jang Yewon said "I'm glad you know."," he nodded, drawing laughter. Seo Jang-hoon's cool-headed evaluation of sushi by hotel school students is revealed on this broadcast.

He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)
He started penniless and became a 6 billion building owner at 37 years old...Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's building was the goal of life philosophy (neighbor's millionaire)
Meanwhile, Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim, who is training talent in a total of 10 departments, including hotel cooking and hotel management, offered a whopping '6 billion ' as a life lesson fee, which surprised him with a large amount of money he had not seen in a long time. He confides that in 2003, at the young age of 37, he became a building owner worth 6 billion won, saying, "The first price you bought the building where you two ate sushi was 6 billion won."

When asked if he was rich, Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim was an ordinary country boy who was born in Dumesangol and dreamed of becoming a `goat rancher.'" he said. Starting with penniless and buying a hotel worth 65 billion won as an educational space for students, Chairman Yuk Kwang-sim's challenging spirit, endless effort, and life philosophy on education will be revealed in detail in this broadcast.






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