Rank #1434
Chung Yong-jin
Net worth $3.0B
Retail · South Korea
- Born
- Sep 19, 1968
- Age
- 57
- Source
- Retail
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brown University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Chung Yong-jin is a grandson of Samsung group founder Lee Byung-Chull and a cousin of Samsung Electronics executive chairman Jay Y. Lee.
- The bulk of his fortune comes from Samsung Electronics and discount chain E-Mart, a unit of Korea's retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group.
- In 2024, Chung was promoted from vice chairman to chairman of Shinsegae, a retail conglomerate.
- In 2021, Shinsegae acquired Korean baseball team SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers), winner of four championships, from the SK group for about $120 million.
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