Executive Stock Valuations Surge Amid Semiconductor Boom... Samsung Electronics' Roh Taemoon Tops at 5 Billion Won

As the combined market capitalization of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surpassed 1,000 trillion won for the first time in history, the number of non-owner executives at both companies with stock holdings valued at over 1 billion won has surged.

According to an analysis by Korea CXO Institute, a corporate analysis firm, as of October 24, the number of non-owner executives at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix whose stock assets exceed 1 billion won reached 31, more than triple the number from May 2 this year, when there were 9 such executives.

The stock valuation was calculated by multiplying the closing price on October 24-98,800 won for Samsung Electronics and 510,000 won for SK Hynix-by the number of shares held. Among all executives at both companies, Roh Tae-moon, President of Samsung Electronics, had the highest stock valuation. He owns 50,679 shares of Samsung Electronics, with a total stock value of 5.07 billion won.

Park Hakkyu, President of Samsung Electronics, holds 43,820 shares, with a stock valuation of 4.33 billion won. Yoo Byunggil, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics, owns company shares valued at approximately 3.03 billion won.

At SK Hynix, President Kwak Nojeong and Executive Vice President Kim Youngsik ranked among the top five in stock assets, with 2.94 billion won and 2.65 billion won, respectively.

Excluding these individuals, five executives had stock valuations in the 2 billion won range: SK Hynix President Ahn Hyun (2.25 billion won), Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Oh Moonuk (2.22 billion won), SK Hynix Executive Vice President Kim Sunghan (2.18 billion won), Samsung Electronics President Kim Yonggwan (2.04 billion won), and Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Kim Hongkyung (2.02 billion won).

Among the owner family, Hong Rahee, Honorary Director of Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, holds 97,978,700 shares of Samsung Electronics, with a stock value of 968.02 billion won.

She is followed by Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics (962.45 billion won), Lee Boo-jin, President of Hotel Shilla (471.72 billion won), and Lee Seo-hyun, President of Samsung C&T (467.22 billion won).

In the case of SK Hynix, the value of the stake held by its largest shareholder, SK Square, increased from 20.8046 trillion won on January 2 to 74.511 trillion won, rising by more than 50 trillion won in just 10 months.

Oh Ilseon, head of Korea CXO Institute, stated, "With the recent sharp rise in the stock prices of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the stock value of internal executives has also increased. For executives with stock assets exceeding 1 billion won per company, Samsung Electronics saw the number rise from 8 in early May to 17, while SK Hynix saw a notable increase from just one, President Kwak Nojeong, to 14."