Coffee accompanies you, Hollis founder "Coffee King" commits suicide at home, saying "I am tired" before his death

Jiang Xun (Photo: Yonhap)

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Kang Hoon, a representative of KH, a company known as the "coffee king" who built coffee chains such as "Caffe Bene", "Hollys Coffee" and "Mangosix", committed suicide in the bathroom of his home in Seoul's Ricao district at 05:46 local time, without leaving a suicide note, South Korea's Asian economy quoted the Seoul Ruicao police station as saying on the 25th.

Kang Hoon, a representative of KH, a company known as the "coffee king" who built coffee chains such as "Caffe Bene", "Hollys Coffee" and "Mangosix", committed suicide in the bathroom of his home in Seoul's Ricao district at 05:46 local time, without leaving a suicide note, South Korea's Asian economy quoted the Seoul Ruicao police station as saying on the 25th.

Company staff contact Jiang Xun has not responded, went to his home to find suicide, and immediately called 119 to declare. The police said: "the company is in a financial crisis. Jiang Xun sent a text message to a friend on the 23rd that he was very tired." It is reported that Jiang Xun applied for enterprise rebirth procedure a few days ago.

Jiang Xun, 49, founded Hollis Coffee in 1998, served as a "coffee with you" representative in 2010, founded KH in the same year, founded Mangosix in 2011, and bought two coffee shops last year. But there has been a sharp decline in Mangosix stores, declining sales and a heavy deficit burden.