Samsung Family's Three Daughters Draw Attention with Stock Valuation... Recent Block Deal Sale

Recently, the three Samsung family women, who sold part of their affiliate shares through a block deal (large-scale trading outside regular hours) to prepare for inheritance tax payments, have been confirmed to still maintain the highest stock valuation among women.

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On the 16th, the corporate analysis research institute 'Leaders Index' investigated the changes in stock value of the top 50 women among 417 women who hold large amounts of shares belonging to the owner families of Korea's top 500 companies. The market capitalization of the stocks held by the three Samsung family women was 24.1975 trillion KRW as of the closing price on the 12th, up about 0.3% from 24.1275 trillion KRW on January 12 last year.

The top three positions were occupied by the Samsung family: Hong Ra-hee, former director of the Samsung Museum of Art Leeum; Lee Boo-jin, president of Hotel Shilla; and Lee Seo-hyun, chairperson of the Samsung Welfare Foundation. Although they sold affiliate shares worth 2.1689 trillion KRW, including Samsung Electronics, through a block deal before the market opened on the 11th, the stock price increase of Samsung Electronics led to a rise in valuation compared to January 12 last year, resulting in no change in their rankings.

Hong, the former director ranked first, sold 0.32% (19,324,106 shares) of Samsung Electronics but still saw the value of her shares in Samsung Electronics, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung C&T increase by 1.1% year-on-year to 7.3963 trillion KRW. Lee, ranked second, disposed of 2,401,223 shares (0.04%) of Samsung Electronics and some shares of Samsung C&T, Samsung SDS, and Samsung Life Insurance, but the value of her holdings as of the 12th was 6.0334 trillion KRW, up 2.5% from last year. Lee Seo-hyun, who sold 8,103,854 shares (0.14%) of Samsung Electronics, saw the total value of her holdings rise 4.2% year-on-year to 5.3669 trillion KRW, maintaining her third place.

Following them, Choi Ki-won, chairperson of the Happiness Sharing Foundation and holder of 6.6% of SK Inc., ranked fourth with 787.6 billion KRW, down 14.2% from last year. Kim Young-sik, widow of the late Koo Bon-moo, former chairman of LG Group, ranked fifth, rising one spot from last year with 506 billion KRW, down 4.3% year-on-year. Her eldest daughter, Koo Yeon-kyung, CEO of the LG Welfare Foundation, ranked eighth with 349.8 billion KRW, down 4.4%, and her second daughter, Koo Yeon-soo, ranked nineteenth with 86 billion KRW.

In the Shinsegae Group, Jung Yoo-kyung, general manager of Shinsegae, ranked sixth with 392.9 billion KRW, and her mother, Chairperson Lee Myung-hee, ranked seventh with 354.5 billion KRW. The combined value of their shares decreased by 29.6% compared to last year.

Song Young-sook, chairperson of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group, which recently announced a merger with OCI Group, ranked ninth with 313.1 billion KRW, and her daughter, Lim Joo-hyun, CEO of Hanmi Science, ranked tenth with 273.8 billion KRW. Their share values increased by 23.7% compared to last year.

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