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157.4% increase in ownership over the past year
Among the 500 richest people in the world, there are a total of six national entrepreneurs, and President Seo ranked second after Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung Electronics (51 in the world).
According to the financial investment industry on the 14th, the rich Koreans who entered the ranking of the 500 richest people in the world (in the last 10 days) compiled by Bloomberg are Vice President Lee Jae-yong, President Seo Jeong -jin, the founder of Nexon, Kim Jeong. -joo, CEO of NXC (201a), and Kim Beom-soo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kakao (330), Kwon Hyuk-bin, Founder of Smilegate (401) and Chung Mong-koo, Honorary Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (411).
Among them, President Seo Jeong-jin had the second highest property growth rate after Vice President Lee Jae-yong.
President Seo saw 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). million) now (February 2021).
During this period, the shares of Celltrion Healthcare and Celltrion, which were owned directly or indirectly by Chairman Seo through an unlisted company, increased 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 taxes on debt and inheritance.
In the case of Vice President Lee Jae-yong, who passed away in October last year, he is believed to have inherited the property from the late President of Samsung Electronics, Lee Kun-hee, who was left out of the count.
There is also growing concern that the gap between rich and poor, the so-called ‘crown divide’, is intensifying due to the new coronavirus infection, as many people suffered the greatest ‘job impact’ after of the financial crisis. crisis during the same period.
Reporter Kim Hong-min [email protected]
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