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2012-South Korea

TOP 10 - South Korean Billionaires ... (7 March 2012) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
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Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. Lee Kun-Hee $8.3 billion Samsung Seoul 70yo - Married, 3 children
2. Chung Mong-Koo $6.2 billion inherited (Hyundai) Seoul 74yo - Married, 4 children
3. Jay Y. Lee $3.6 billion inherited Seoul 43yo - Divorced, 2 children
4. Kim Jung-Ju $3.3 billion online gaming Seoul  44yo - Married, 2 children
5. Chung Eui-Sun $2.8 billion inherited (Hyundai) Seoul 41yo - Married, 2 children
6. Chung Mong-Joon $2.5 billion inherited (Hyundai, ship-building) Seoul 60yo - Married, 4 children
7. Chey Tae-Won $2.1 billion inherited (diversified) Seoul 51yo - Married, 3 children
8. Shin Chang-Jae $1.9 billion inherited (insurance) Seoul 58yo - Married, 2 children
9. Koo Bon-Moo $1.8 billion LG Seoul 67yo - Married, 3 children
9. Shin Dong-Bin $1.8 billion inherited (retail, food) Seoul 57yo - Married, 3 children


Did you know...?
Lee Kun-Hee
world's largest memory chip and flat screen television producer ... paid $130 million in overdue taxes in 2008 after allegations of tax evasion, but got a presidential pardon later that year ... father of Jay Y. Lee ...
second largest mobile phone manufacturer after Nokia
Chung Mong-Koo
brother of Chung Mong-Joon ... Hyundai Motors was the world's 5th-largest automaker in 2011
Jay Y. Lee
only son of Lee Kun-Hee ... Samsung - second largest mobile phone manufacturer after Nokia
Kim Jung-Ju
founder of Nexon, Korea's largest online gamimg company with 350 million users worldwide
Chung Eui-Sun
eldest son of Chung Mong-Koo ... Hyundai Motors was the world's 5th-largest automaker in 2011
Chung Mong-Joon
brother of Chung Mong-Koo ... Korean politician ... has close ties to the current Korean president, a former Hyundai executive ... vice president of FIFA, world governing body for soccer
Chey Tae-Won
wife is daughter of South Korea's former president, Roh Tae Woo ... pardoned in 2008 for accounting fraud ... in January 2012 indicted for embezzling $40 million from SK companies
Shin Chang-Jae
Kyobo Life Insurance was founded by his father, and is now one of the biggest life insurance company in South Korea
Koo Bon-Moo
chairman of LG Group ... son died of an accident in the 1990's ... adopted his nephew in 2004 ... loves wine: has a collection of over 50,000 bottles stored in special wine cellar in a cave
Shin Dong-Bin ...
chairman of Lotte Group, founded by his father, Shin Kyuk-ho ... recently opened its 200th Lotte Mart in China
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