Profil Financier
Chey Tae-won occupe actuellement le rang #788 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur technologie). Fortune nette estimée : $5.4 B (-$125 sur 24h).
Chey Tae-won is the chairman of SK Group, one of Korea's largest conglomerates with interests in telecom, semiconductors, chemicals and energy, among others.
The group's SK Telecom is South Korea's No. 1 mobile carrier by market share; its SK Hynix is the world's second-largest memory chipmaker by sales.
In 2013 he was convicted of misappropriating company funds but was later pardoned by then-president Park Geun-hye and returned to his post in 2016.
Chey is a nephew of SK Group founder Chey Jong-gun, who started the conglomerate with a textile company called Sunkyong.
While in jail, he authored a book on social enterprises.
Chey filed for divorce from his wife, a daughter of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo in 2017. In 2024, Chey was ordered to pay $1 billion to his ex-wife.