지난 1976∼1998년 대우에 재직한 배 전 사장은 "건설 위해 돈 필요했고, 외국 갚을 능력이 있다고 판단 증명한 것이김우중 회장"이라고 회고했다.
Former President Bae, who served in Daewoo between 1976 and 1998, recalled, "It was Chairman Kim Woo-joong who proved that he needed money to build and was capable of repaying foreign countries."