Rank #773
Chey Tae-won
Net worth $5.4B
Oil, semiconductor · South Korea
- Born
- Dec 03, 1960
- Age
- 65
- Source
- Oil, semiconductor
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea University; Master of Science, University of Chicago
Net worth over time
Biography
- Chey Tae-won is the chairman of SK Group, one of Korea's largest conglomerates with interests in telecom, semiconductors, chemicals and energy, among others.
- The group's SK Telecom is South Korea's No. 1 mobile carrier by market share; its SK Hynix is the world's second-largest memory chipmaker by sales.
- In 2013 he was convicted of misappropriating company funds but was later pardoned by then-president Park Geun-hye and returned to his post in 2016.
- Chey is a nephew of SK Group founder Chey Jong-gun, who started the conglomerate with a textile company called Sunkyong.
- While in jail, he authored a book on social enterprises.
- Chey filed for divorce from his wife, a daughter of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo in 2017. In 2024, Chey was ordered to pay $1 billion to his ex-wife.
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