Kim Jung-ju

$9.17B

as of 02/28/22

About Kim Jung-ju

Kim Jung-ju is founder of South Korean online-gaming company Nexon; he is chairman of its holding company NXC.

In 2016 Kim was found not guilty of bribery charges after being indicted for giving money to a prosecutor, who was his good friend from university.

Kim resigned as a director of Nexon after the allegation. His acquittal was made on the lack of evidence that any favors were actually granted.

NXC diversified into cryptocurrency and now holds 83% of Korbit, an exchange based in Seoul.

In 2018 Kim pledged $93 million to startups and children's hospitals, and vowed that his children will not inherit his stake in the company.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Korea

Source of wealth

online games

Birth date

02/22/68

Number of children

Education

Doctorate, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Master of Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University

Self-made

self-made

Kim Jung-ju’s fortune is worth

153K

troy ounces of gold

141K

median U.S. household

92K

median U.S. income

0.183%

U.S. credit card volume

0.037%

GDP of the United States

0.027%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Nexon is now South Korea's largest gaming company, with at least 350 million users in more than 72 countries.