157.4% increase in property over the past year
[Central Daily Reporter Kim Hong-min]Celltrion Chairman Seo Jeong-jin, from Cheongju, was ranked 177th in Bloomberg’s list of the world’s 500 richest people.
Among the world’s 500 richest people, there are a total of six domestic entrepreneurs, and Chairman Seo ranked second after Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics (51 in the world).
According to the financial investment industry on the 14th, the rich Koreans who entered the world’s top 500 richest man ranking by Bloomberg (as of the last 10th) were Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, Chairman Seo Jeong-jin, Nexon founder Kim Jung-joo, CEO of NXC (201st), Kim Beom-soo, Chairman of the Kakao Board 330), Kwon Hyuk-bin, Smilegate founder (401), and Chung Mong-koo, honorary chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (411).
Among them, Chairman Seo Jeong-jin had the second highest rate of property growth after Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong.
Chairman Seo recorded an increase of about 157.4% from about 5.6 trillion won ($5.99 billion) a year ago (February 2020) to 14.5 trillion won ($11.3 billion) now (February 2021). .
During this period, the shares of Celltrion Healthcare and Celltrion, which Chairman Seo owned directly or indirectly through an unlisted company, surged 131.8% and 91.9%, respectively.
Bloomberg calculates the rank of the rich by adding various assets such as unlisted stocks and cash as well as listed stocks and deducting debt and inheritance taxes.
In the case of Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, who passed away in October last year, it is considered to have inherited the property of the late Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who was left out of the count. Increased.
There is also growing concern that the gap between the rich and the poor, the so-called “corona divide,” is intensifying due to the new coronavirus infection as many people suffered from the biggest “employment shock” after the financial crisis during the same period.
Reporter Kim Hong-min [email protected]
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