[천지일보=정다준 기자] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong became the richest man in Korea again, beating Kakao founder Kim Beom-soo, chairman of the board. Chairman Kim gave up the title of richest man to Chairman Lee after three months.
According to the financial industry on the 21st, the richest Koreans who were named in Bloomberg’s list of the world’s 500 richest people are Vice Chairman Lee (212th in the world), Chairman Kim (225th in the world), Seo Jeong-jeon, Honorary Chairman of Celltrion Group (238th in the world), The number of participants was 5, including Hong Ra-hee, former director of Leeum Museum of Art (434th in the world) and Kim Jeong-ju, founder of Nexon (476th in the world).
Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s fortune was estimated at about $11.1 billion (about 13.1 trillion won). Chairman Kim Bum-soo’s fortune was estimated at about $10.6 billion (about 12.5 trillion won), about $500 million less than that.
Chairman Kim gained attention as the stock price of Kakao soared in June, surpassing Vice Chairman Lee for the first time and becoming the richest person in Korea.
However, after the financial authorities announced plans to regulate Kakao on the 7th, along with concerns about the sale of financial products such as Kakao Pay, the stock price of Kakao plunged 22.40% until the 17th, and the market capitalization also decreased by 15.35 trillion won. As a result, Chairman Kim’s fortune also decreased to about $11.1 billion in this tally, and he was overthrown by Vice Chairman Lee.
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