Financial Services Commission Nominee Lee Okwon Reports 2 Billion KRW in Assets, Owns Gaepo-dong Apartment

Reported Total Assets of 1.99 Billion KRW
Gaepo-dong Apartment Valued at 1.30 Billion KRW

Lee Okwon, nominee for chairman of the Financial Services Commission, reported assets totaling 1,997,400,000 won under his own name, as well as those of his spouse, mother, and children.

According to the confirmation hearing request submitted to the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee on the 20th, Lee reported a total of 1,510,180,000 won in assets under his name. This includes an apartment in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam, Seoul (1,309,300,000 won), deposits (161,950,000 won), stocks (31,280,000 won), and a K5 vehicle jointly owned with his spouse (7,650,000 won). His stock holdings consist of Doosan Enerbility (18,620,000 won), Nvidia (2,520,000 won), Strategy (5,240,000 won), and Tesla (4,710,000 won).

His spouse reported 69,460,000 won, including deposits of 61,800,000 won and the K5 vehicle (7,650,000 won). His eldest daughter, born in 1995, reported a total of 303,640,000 won, including a deposit for an officetel in Jongno, Seoul (10,000,000 won) and bank deposits (293,640,000 won). His eldest son, born in 1998, reported total assets of 118,110,000 won, including a villa deposit in Jongno, Seoul (36,000,000 won), bank deposits (72,640,000 won), stocks (8,280,000 won), and Bitcoin (1,180,000 won). His mother reported a building lease debt of 30,000,000 won.

Lee Okwon, the nominee for the Financial Services Commission chairman, is expressing his thoughts on the nomination as he arrives at the confirmation hearing preparation office set up at the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in Jongno-gu, Seoul on August 14, 2025. Photo by Kang Jinhyung