Interest in Flood Damage Support Highest for 'Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong'... Followed by 'Choi Tae-won and Koo Kwang-mo'

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Amid the prolonged rainy season and successive heavy rains causing the expansion of damage areas, the chaebol leader most interested in supporting flood victims among the heads of the top 30 groups was found to be 'Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics.'

On the 16th, the Global Big Data Research Institute (Director Kim Dasom) conducted big data analysis on the top 30 corporate groups and their leaders across 12 channels including news, communities, blogs, cafes, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, KakaoStory, Knowledge iN, companies/organizations, and government/public from June 24, when the rainy season began in the central region, to August 10, a period of 49 days.

When the same individual was the 'corporation' of a corporate group, the analysis was conducted on the representative of that corporation. Among the top 30 groups, six corporate groups including ▲POSCO ▲NongHyup ▲KT ▲S-Oil ▲Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ▲KT&G fall under this category.

When a family member or relative of the same individual was effectively responsible for the group's management, the big data analysis was conducted on that person.

Among the heads of the top 30 corporate groups, the leader with the highest volume of flood damage support information was 'Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics,' recording a total of 3,346 cases during this period, overwhelmingly ranking first.

Considering that Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK Group ranked second with 1,598 cases, it appears that he actively took the lead in supporting flood damage compared to other group leaders.

Chairman Koo Kwang-mo of LG Group recorded 1,485 cases of information, followed by ▲Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group with 1,425 cases ▲Chairman Lee Seong-hee of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation with 1,281 cases ▲Chairman Kim Beom-su of Kakao with 1,054 cases ▲Chairman Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Group with 965 cases ▲Chairman Lee Jae-hyun of CJ Group with 645 cases ▲President Koo Hyun-mo of KT with 626 cases ▲Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance with 540 cases, forming the 'top 10.'

Next were ▲Chairman Choi Jeong-woo of POSCO with 516 cases ▲Chairman Huh Tae-soo of GS Group with 378 cases ▲Chairman Kim Seung-yeon of Hanwha Group with 365 cases ▲Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin of Shinsegae Group with 362 cases ▲Chairman Cho Hyun-joon of Hyosung Group with 243 cases ▲Former Chairman Park Sam-gu of Kumho Group with 218 cases ▲President Baek Bok-in of KT&G with 196 cases ▲Major Shareholder and Asan Foundation Chairman Chung Mong-joon of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group with 179 cases ▲Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group with 102 cases ▲Chairman Lee Hae-wook of Daelim Group with 88 cases, forming the mid-tier group.

Additionally, ▲Chairman Kim Hong-guk of Harim Group with 74 cases ▲Chairman Koo Ja-yeol of LS Group with 42 cases ▲Chairman Jang Hyung-jin of Youngpoong Group with 16 cases ▲Chairman Park Jung-won of Doosan Group with 15 cases ▲Chairman Chung Ji-sun of Hyundai Department Store Group with 14 cases ▲CEO Hussein Al-Katatni of S-Oil with 5 cases ▲President Lee Seong-geun of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering with 4 cases ranked in the lower tier.

Kim Hee-jung, Director of the Global Big Data Research Institute, said, "Some leaders, including Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, have actively engaged not only in on-site management despite the infectious disease crisis but also in overcoming COVID-19 damage, social contribution activities, and flood damage support," adding, "Government budget execution inevitably lags behind, so the prompt support from the business community is of great help in overcoming disasters."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.