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Company type | Brand |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | , South Korea |
Key people | Won-Hee Lee (president and CEO) Jaehoon (Jay) Chang (Global head and executive vice president) Claudia Marquez (COO, Genesis North America) Izzy Zhu (CEO, Genesis China) |
Products | Luxury vehicles |
Services | Automotive financial services |
Parent | Hyundai Motor Company |
Website | genesis |
Genesis Motor, LLC, commonly referred to as Genesis (Korean: 제네시스, romanized: Jenesiseu), is the luxury vehicle brand of the South Korean vehicle manufacturer Hyundai Motor Company. Initially envisioned along with plans for Hyundai's new luxury Genesis sedan in 2004, Genesis was officially announced as an independent brand on 4 November 2015. Its first model, the Genesis G90, was released in 2017.[1][2] Genesis models are designed in Rüsselsheim, Namyang, and Irvine; and produced in Ulsan.[3][4]