[Money Today] A family that shares its fate with the company - 356 years of responsible management

In 1668, Friedrich Jacob Merck acquired and opened the Engel-Apotheke (Angel Pharmacy) in Darmstadt, Germany. And 365 years into the future, the business, now going by the name Merck, has evolved into one of the “world’s best” companies, supported by the three foundational business pillars of Electronics, Life Science, and Healthcare.

With 63,000 colleagues located in 65 countries across the globe, Merck boasts of some 30 trillion won in annual sales. As one can easily guess from the naming, the...