Chang Byung-gyu
$1.13B
$16.1M (-1.4%)
as of 04/23/25
About Chang Byung-gyu
Chang Byung-gyu is the chairman of online gaming company Krafton (formerly known as Bluehole), which he founded in 2007.
In 2018, Tencent invested more than $500 million in the company for a 10% stake, catapulting Krafton to unicorn status overnight.
Its shooter game, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, broke a world record in 2017 after posting $100 million in pre-release sales in just 79 days.
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Citizenship
South KoreaSource of wealth
online gamesResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/25/73 (age 51)Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, KAIST; Master of Arts/Science, KAIST; Ph.D, KAISTSelf-made
self-madeChang Byung-gyu’s fortune is worth
19K
troy ounces of gold
17K
median U.S. household
11K
median U.S. income
0.023%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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KOREA | 259960-KR
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