Sung Won Sohn

Sung Won Sohn is a renowned Korean American economist. He was named one of the top five most accurate economic forecaster in 2001 by Bloomberg News. Sohn studied economics at the University of Florida. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh. Sung Won Sohn was a senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors during the Nixon administration, where he was responsible... more

Sung Won Sohn is a renowned Korean American economist. He was named one of the top five most accurate economic forecaster in 2001 by Bloomberg News. Sohn studied economics at the University of Florida. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh. Sung Won Sohn was a senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors during the Nixon administration, where he was responsible for economic and legislative matters pertaining to the Federal Reserve and financial markets. Afterwards, he went to work for Norwest (which became Wells Fargo in 1998), where he was the chief economist and Executive Vice President. After working as President and CEO of Hanmi Financial Corp in Los Angeles, Mr. Sohn became Vice Chairman of Forever 21. He is also a professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands. less