KIA

Founded	June 9, 1944
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Hyoung-Keun Lee (President & CEO)
Products	Automobiles
Revenue	₩23.26 trillion (2010) ($21.261 billion USD)
Net income	₩2.254 trillion (2010) ($2.06 billion USD)
Total assets	₩18.625 trillion (2010) ($17 billion USD)
Owner(s)	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group (49.2%)
Employees	42,000 (as of November 2009)
Website	kia.com

Kia Motors (Korean: 기아자동차, IPA: [ki.a]), headquartered in Seoul,
is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer,
following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of
over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010. The company is partly owned
by the Hyundai Motor Group and since August 2009
has been led by Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee.

The word Kia derives from Korean words meaning "to arise to the world from Asia".

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