Overview

• The ranking covers founders whose companies went public since 2020 and excludes those with inherited stakes, totaling 22.48 trillion won ($15.8 billion) in stock value.
• Bang Si-hyuk tops the list with a 31.6% Hybe stake valued at 3.5 trillion won, or 15.6% of the top 100’s combined equity.
• APR founder Kim Byung-hoon ranks second at 2.99 trillion won, followed by Krafton founder Chang Byung-gyu at 2.01 trillion won.
• Rounding out the top five are Sanil Electric CEO Park Dong-suk at 1.21 trillion won and Voronoi CEO Kim Hyun-tae at 1.08 trillion won.
• Sector leaders include semiconductors with 16 founders, then eight each in artificial intelligence and cosmetics, seven in robotics, and six in secondary batteries, with only two women in the top 100: Park So-yeon and Kim Ju-hee.