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THE LIST

1. LEE KUN-HEE
$20.6 BILLION S
SAMSUNG
AGE: 76
2. SEO JUNG-JIN
$11 BILLION S
CELLTRION AGE: 60
3. JAY Y. LEE
$7.9 BILLION S
SAMSUNG AGE: 49
4. SUH KYUNG-BAE
$7.6 BILLION S
AMOREPACIFIC
AGE: 55
5. KIM JUNG-JU
$7.1 BILLION S
NEXON AGE: 50
6. CHUNG MONG-KOO
$4.9 BILLION
HYUNDAI MOTOR
AGE: 80
7. CHEY TAE-WON
$4.7 BILLION S
SK GROUP AGE: 57
8. KWON HYUK-BIN
$4.3 BILLION T
SMILEGATE AGE: 44
9. BANG JUN-HYUK
$2.9 BILLION S
NETMARBLE AGE: 50
10. LIM SUNG-KI
$2.85 BILLION S
HANMI SCIENCE
AGE: 78
11. PARK YEON-CHA
$2.75 BILLION Ì
TAEKWANG INDUSTRIAL
AGE: 72
12. CHUNG EUI-SUN
$2.7 BILLION S
GLOVIS & HYUNDAI MOTOR
AGE: 47
13. KIM BEOM-SU
$2.6 BILLION S
KAKAO AGE: 52
14. SHIN CHANG-JAE
$2.3 BILLION S
KYOBO LIFE INSURANCE
AGE: 64
15. LEE MYUNG-HEE
$2.25 BILLION S
SHINSEGAE AGE: 74
16. LEE BOO-JIN
$2.05 BILLION S
JAY Y. LEE: A FREE MAN SAMSUNG C&T
After walking out of jail in February, the Samsung Electronics vice chairman turns 50 this month amid optimism about AGE: 47
his own future and that of the Samsung empire. He’s been on business trips, conferring with partner companies, buyers 17. PARK HYEON-JOO
and investors in Europe, Canada, Japan and elsewhere in Asia after spending nearly a year in jail. He was found guilty of $2 BILLION T
embezzlement and bribery in the transfer of funds at the behest of Park Geun-Hye, the ousted South Korean president MIRAE ASSET
who’s now in prison. Lee, the country’s third-richest person, was freed after his sentence was suspended; he’s appealing AGE: 59
the conviction. He is now focusing on shoring up his grip on the group while waiting to succeed his father, Lee Kun-Hee,
hospitalized and unable to function four years after sufering a heart attack. Samsung Electronics last year racked up record SUP MORE THAN 10% TDOWN MORE THAN 10%
revenue of $212 billion and a net profit of $36.6 billion. ÌNEW TO LIST 3RETURNEE
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