April 20, 2024
The Boardroom
[GRAPHIC NEWS] Korea's 10 highest-paid bosses
[THE INVESTOR] Chairman Huh Chang-soo of GS Group, South Korea’s refinery and retail conglomerate, ranked No.1 in the list of the nation’s highest-paid executives for the first half of this year, according to a financial watchdog on Tuesday.
Huh, who also heads the Federation of Korea Industries, the nation’s largest business lobbying group, earned some 5.2 billion won (US$4.2 million) between January and June this year, the Financial Supervisory Service said.
Huh was followed by Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo with 4.2 million won and Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho with 4.1 billion won. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and CEO Kwon Oh-hyun, who topped the list for 2015, slid to sixth, receiving 2.9 billion won in wages for the cited period.
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