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The original was posted on /r/interestingasfuck by /u/HU4YTORII on 2025-07-31 16:25:06+00:00.

Original Title: Chung Ju-yung, Hyundai’s founder, was born in 1915 into poverty in North Korea. As a teen, he stole and sold his father’s cow to escape to Seoul. Decades later, as one of South Korea’s wealthiest men, he sent 1,001 cows to his hometown - a symbolic repayment of his debt.