Dividend Payments Increased by 26% in the First Half of This Year... Top 1 to 4 Positions Held by Samsung Family
Hong Ra-hee, Lee Jae-yong, Lee Boo-jin, Lee Seo-hyun in the rankings
Samsung Electronics also ranks first in dividends by company
[Asia Economy Reporter Han Ye-ju] The interim dividends of domestic listed companies in the first half of this year increased by about 26% compared to last year. The top four individuals receiving the highest dividends included the Samsung family, led by Hong Ra-hee, former director of the Leeum Museum of Art.
On the 6th, Leaders Index, a corporate analysis research institute, surveyed the dividend amounts of 108 companies that announced dividends in the first half among 2,503 listed companies. The total dividend amount in the first half of this year was recorded at 9.1197 trillion KRW. The number of companies paying dividends in the first half increased by 22 compared to the same period last year, and the dividend amount increased by 25.7% (1.8638 trillion KRW).
There were a total of 13 companies with total dividends exceeding 100 billion KRW. Among the 13 companies that paid interim dividends of over 100 billion KRW, five were financial institutions including KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group, Hana Financial Group, Woori Financial Group, and Hana Bank.
By company, Samsung Electronics paid a total of 4.9043 trillion KRW in dividends in the first half, accounting for 54% of the total dividends of all listed companies. The dividend amount was the same as in the first half of last year. Following Samsung Electronics were POSCO Holdings (606.7 billion KRW), Hana Bank (570 billion KRW), Shinhan Financial Group (425.4 billion KRW), SK Hynix (412.6 billion KRW), KB Financial Group (389.6 billion KRW), SK Telecom (361.9 billion KRW), S-Oil (291 billion KRW), Hyundai Motor Company (257.8 billion KRW), and Hana Financial Group (233.2 billion KRW).
The individual with the highest dividend amount was former director Hong Ra-hee. Hong received a quarterly dividend of 361 KRW per share from Samsung Electronics, totaling 84.8 billion KRW in the first half. This was 15.7 billion KRW less than the dividend amount in the first half of last year, due to stock sales. Following the passing of her husband, Chairman Lee Kun-hee, Hong inherited 137,244,666 shares and sold 19,941,860 common shares through a block deal on March 28 this year.
Following Hong Ra-hee, the second to fourth highest dividend recipients were Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (70.4 billion KRW), Hotel Shilla President Lee Boo-jin (40.1 billion KRW), and Samsung Welfare Foundation Chairperson Lee Seo-hyun (40.1 billion KRW), the three siblings.
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Jo Young-sik, Chairman of the Board of SD Biosensor, ranked fifth with dividends of 22.3 billion KRW, followed by ▲Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group (19.5 billion KRW) ▲Chung Mong-koo, Honorary Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (18.2 billion KRW) ▲Choi Ki-won, Chairperson of the Happiness Sharing Foundation (7.2 billion KRW) ▲Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (6.1 billion KRW) ▲Chung Mong-ik, Chairman of KCC (4.9 billion KRW).
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