Christian KORN

Vice President Commercial
Commericial
US Steel Košice Slovak Republic
Slovakia

Biography

Christian Korn graduated from University of Tübingen, Germany with a German Law Degree in 1979 and completed the Bar Examination in 1982. He also studied Economics at the University for World Trade in Vienna, Austria.  Mr. Korn started his career in the industry in 1982 with the building products group of Saint Goban. He joined Usinor (now ArcelorMittal) in 1988 and rose through increasing levels of responsibility in the commercial organization from sales director to chief operating officer of the service center organization in Germany and subsequently the service center group in France. In 2002, Mr. Korn accepted the role of chief operating officer for ThyssenKrupp Stahl Service Center Gmbh (Langenfeld,Germany). In this capacity, he was responsible for the business unit, which included markets in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Eastern Europe.  In 2009, he joined Essar Steel Europe and was responsible for creating and developing the company’s European sales organization.  Mr. Korn was named to the current position in July 2012 and assumed responsibility for all commercial activity related to U. S. Steel’s European operations.

Research Intrest

 He has Research interests on Bar Examinations and Economics