Portrait of Kim Sang-beom

Rank #2454

Kim Sang-beom

Net worth $1.7B

Semiconductors · South Korea

Born
Jan 05, 1961
Age
65
Source
Semiconductors
Residence
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Kim Sang-beom is chairman of ISU Group, a holding company with stakes in semiconductor, chemical and biotech sectors.
  • ISU Group's most valuable holding is ISU Petasys, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards in South Korea. Its customers include Alphabet, Nvidia and Microsoft.
  • ISU Petasys was established in 1972 and listed on the South Korean stock exchange in 2000. ISU Group acquired a controlling stake in ISU Petasys in 1995.
  • ISU Group was started by Kim's late father, Joon-sung, who founded South Korea's first regional bank, Daegu Bank, in 1967.
  • Sang-beom joined ISU Group in 2000 as chairman, taking over the reins from his father. Before joining the family business, Sang-beom worked at Daewoo and was a lawyer at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York.
  • Kim's late father, Joon-sung, served as chairman of Samsung Electronics and Daewoo. Joon-sung died in 2007 at the age of 87.

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