[아이뉴스24 김태헌 기자] Softbank Group Chairman Son Masayoshi (Son Jeong-eui), who invested about 3 trillion won in the company when Coupang started listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is expected to make a big hit.
According to the distribution industry on the 15th, if the corporate value of Coupang reaches 50 billion dollars (55 trillion won) like a foreign press, Chairman Son Jeong-eui will generate a profit of 21 trillion won, about 7 times the investment amount in 6 years. Chairman Son invested in Coupang through SBG’s’Vision Fund’.
SBG’s Vision Fund is investing $2.7 billion (about 3.3 trillion won) twice in 2015 and 2018 despite concerns that Coupang will not escape the deficit. In 2018, Coupang was a bold investment because it was recording a cumulative deficit of 2 trillion won.
At the time, Chairman Son doubled the amount of Coupang’s investment compared to the first investment ($1 billion). I also said. With this investment, Vision Fund secured a 37% stake in Coupang.
With the investment, Coupang built about 150 distribution centers in 30 cities in Korea and completed’Rocket Delivery’, which enables next-day delivery. One of the reasons for using Coupang is rocket delivery.
It is reported that not only Chairman Son Jeong-ui, but also Coupang employees will receive incentive stocks due to the listing of Coupang.
Coupang announced that it plans to distribute 100 billion won worth of stock to employees, including its own delivery man,’Koochin (Coupang Friend)’. Currently, the number of Coupang employees is about 50,000, so it is expected to receive shares worth 2 million won per person.
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