Rank #1567
Kim Jun-ki
Net worth $2.7B
Diversified · South Korea
- Born
- Dec 04, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Diversified
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Korea University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Kim Jun-ki, founder of the Dongbu Group, stepped down as its chairman in 2017 after being accused of rape and sexual harassment.
- In 2020 Kim was convicted of the sexual assault charges and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, which was suspended for four years.
- Dongbu, now named DB, has interests in chemicals, finance, electronics and real estate.
- His net worth includes the shares of his only son, Kim Nam-ho, who is honorary chairman as well as his daughter.
- He is a son of a former deputy speaker in the South Korean parliament.
- He started the company with two employees and the equivalent of $25,000.
- During a 40-day overseas trip in 1969, inspired by what he saw in Japan and the U.S., he withdrew his studies and started a construction company.
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