Kim Seung Youn

Chairman of Hanwha (Korea)
Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung Youn stayed behind bars for weeks after he was sentenced to 18 months in jail in July 2007. He was convicted of abducting and beating up bar workers who had assaulted his son. But a Korean appeals court suspended the sentence two months later, ordering him to do 200 hours of community service instead. Kim was pardoned last August by Korean President Lee Myung Bak, who argued businessmen must take the lead in reviving the troubled economy.