Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong is richest Korean on Forbes billionaires list. No. 2 may surprise you

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong is the sole Korean on Forbes' world's 100 richest people list this year, with an estimated net worth of $27 billion, according to the US magazine. But the country’s second-richest person may be unfamiliar to many Koreans. Chung Yong-ji, chief executive of biotech firm Caregen, ranked 268th on the global list with a net worth of $11.7 billion. Chung founded Caregen, a South Korean biotechnology company known for peptide-based products, including antiwrink

By The Korea Herald