According to CEO Score, a corporate data research institute, an analysis conducted on December 24 examined the number of shares and stock values held by individual shareholders of listed companies as of the end of last December and December 19 of this year. As a result, V, Jimin, and Jungkook were each found to hold shares valued at approximately 21.4 billion KRW(approximately 15 million USD).
Previously, HYBE chairman Bang Si Hyuk equally gifted 478,695 common shares to each of the seven BTS members ahead of the company’s IPO in 2020. The three members are reported to have retained all of those shares to date.
Meanwhile, the top spot overall went to Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae Yong, whose stock holdings are valued at 23.359 trillion KRW. Bang Si Hyuk ranked 10th with holdings worth approximately 4.123 trillion KRW.