6 richest people in Korea, increased by more than 27 trillion won for one year

It is estimated that the assets of the six richest people in Korea have increased by more than 27 trillion won in the past year as they passed through the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

On the 14th, there were 6 rich Koreans who entered the world’s 500 richest man rankings compiled by Bloomberg on the 14th.

Samsung Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (51th), Celltrion Chairman Seo Jeong-jin (177th), NXC CEO Kim Jeong-jun (201st), Kakao Bumsoo Kim, Chairman of the Kakao Board of Directors (330th), Hyukbin Kwon, Smilegate Founder (401th), and Mongkoo Chung (Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman) ( 411).

Excluding vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, the assets of the five people were estimated to be 50 trillion won (4.55 billion dollars), an increase of 25 trillion won (2.240 billion dollars) from the previous year. The increase is about 104%.

Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is estimated to be 31 trillion won ($28 billion), four times higher than a year ago due to the inheritance of his father, the late Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee. However, in this process, the increase in net wealth excluding inheritance was not accurately counted. When vice chairman Lee Jae-yong only calculates the value of a listed company’s share, it increased by about KRW 1.370.7 trillion from the previous year.

The assets of these six people are estimated to have increased by more than 27 trillion won (83.6%) in one year.

The person with the highest wealth growth rate was Chairman Seo Jeong-jin, a 157.4% increase from about 5.6 trillion won ($5.09 billion) a year ago to 14.500 billion won ($13.1 billion) now. The main effect was that the stock price of Celltrion Healthcare and Celltrion, which he had held through an unlisted company, has doubled in the past year.

Following that, CEO Kim Jong-joo’s wealth increased by 104.8% to about 1.24 trillion won (11.2 billion dollars) from a year ago (5.47 billion dollars). Dollar), an increase of 103.6%.

Hyuk-bin Kwon, founder of Smilegate, a large game development and distribution group, said that the company is unlisted, so it is not known exactly how much his fortune is. Estimated.

Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo’s wealth increased by 47.3% from about 490 billion won ($4.42 billion) a year ago to about 7.2 trillion won ($6.51 billion) now.