[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Amid the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the domestic stock market has been volatile, causing rapid changes in the rankings of stock-rich individuals. Amid the bio and non-face-to-face boom, Seo Jung-jin, chairman of Celltrion, and Kim Beom-su, chairman of Kakao's board, have surged to 3rd and 4th place respectively, according to the investigation.
On the 17th, according to financial information service Infomax and the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system (DART), the value of Seo's holdings in listed stocks as of the 14th was 5.6194 trillion won, nearly double the 2.8582 trillion won at the end of last year. Seo's ranking among stock-rich individuals also rose four places from 7th to 3rd during the same period.
This sharp increase is due to the stock price of Celltrion Healthcare, in which he holds 35.62%, nearly doubling from 53,000 won at the end of last year to 104,200 won as of the 14th, driven by the bio boom and improved performance.
Chairman Kim also saw his stock valuation increase by 135.9%, from 1.921 trillion won at the end of last year to 4.5325 trillion won as of the 14th, jumping from 10th to 4th place. This is also due to Kakao being spotlighted as a representative non-face-to-face stock along with Naver after COVID-19, with its stock price rising about 2.36 times.
Bang Jun-hyuk, chairman of the board of the game company Netmarble, also saw his stock assets increase by 57.5% to 3.0161 trillion won, moving up from 11th to 9th place.
Compared to the rising trend of these major shareholders in bio and non-face-to-face sectors, existing top-tier major shareholders showed relatively sluggish performance.
Seo Kyung-bae, chairman of Amorepacific Group, saw his stock assets decrease by 21.2% (1.0691 trillion won) to 3.9811 trillion won due to the group's stock price weakness, dropping three places from 3rd to 6th.
Chairs such as Chung Mong-koo of Hyundai Motor Group (4th to 5th), Hong Ra-hee, former director of the Leeum Museum (6th to 7th), Choi Tae-won, chairman of SK (5th to 8th), and Chung Eui-sun, Hyundai Motor's executive vice chairman (8th to 10th) also saw their rankings fall.
On the other hand, Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, were found to hold stock assets worth about 17.9 trillion won and 7.7 trillion won respectively, maintaining their 1st and 2nd place rankings.
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