[Infostock Daily=Reporter Park Jeong-Do] As the Korean stock market fluctuated in the aftermath of the novel Corona virus (Covid-19), the ranking of listed stockholders also changed rapidly. In particular, Seo Jung-jin, chairman of Celltrion and Chairman Kim Bum-soo of Kakao, rose to third and fourth place respectively in the bio-non-face-to-face craze.
According to Infomax, a financial information service on the 17th, Chairman Seo Jeong-jin's stock value of listed companies as of the 14th was 5.6194 trillion won, up 96.6% from the end of last year (2.8582 trillion won). The rankings also jumped from seventh at the end of last year to third at the moment.
Celltrion Healthcare's share price, which holds 35.49% of the company's chairman, has doubled from 53,000 won at the end of last year to 104,200 won at the end of last year due to the bio-craze and dramatic earnings improvement.
Chairman Kim Bum-soo also jumped six places from 10th to 4th as the stock valuation increased by 135.9% (2.611 trillion won) to 4.5325 trillion won in the same period.
Kakao shares have jumped to about 2.36 times since the Corona 19 incident, becoming a representative non-face-to-face event with Naver.
Naver Global Investment Officer (GIO) Lee Hae-jin also ranked 7th from 20th to 13th as Naver's stake value increased 63.54% (726.4 billion won) to 1.8696 trillion won.
The stock of game company owners also increased significantly. Netmarble's chairman Bang Joon-hyuk's stock assets amounted to 3.16 trillion won (9th place), up 57.47% (1.10 trillion won). NCsoft CEO Kim Taek-jin's stock valuation also increased by 61.18 percent (869.9 billion won) to 2.29 trillion won (12th place). On the other hand, the owners of large corporations were generally sluggish.
Seo Kyung-bae, chairman of AMOREPACIFIC Group, slipped three places from third to sixth in the rankings as stock assets fell by 21.2 percent (1.691 trillion won) to 3.98 trillion won due to weak stock prices.
SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won did not laugh at SK BioPharm's "big hit." The share price of SK shares, which accounts for most of its stock assets, fell 10.5% to KRW 3 trillion. The rankings were eighth, down three stairs.
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo (4th to 5th), Hong Ra-hee, former head of the Lium Art Museum (6th to 7th), and Hyundai Motor vice chairman Jeong Eui-sun (8th to 10th) also dropped their rankings.
Meanwhile, Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, stood in the first and second places.
Reporter Park Jeong-Do newface0301@naver.com
