Kim Nam-jung

$1.05B

as of 02/20/23

About Kim Nam-jung

Kim Nam-jung is the vice chairman of Dongwon, a conglomerate best known as the makers behind South Korea's famous canned tunas.

He is the younger son of Dongwon founder Kim Jae-chul, who started the business in 1969; his first overseas base was in Ghana in 1973.

In addition to a wide range of packaged seafood, Dongwon provides outsourced meals, operates cold-storage facilities and has a logistics operation.

He now controls the group, after the elder Kim stepped down as Dongwon's chairman after 50 years.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Korea

Source of wealth

food

Residence

Seoul, South Korea

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/01/73 (age 51)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea University; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Self-made

inherited and growing

Kim Nam-jung’s fortune is worth

17K

troy ounces of gold

16K

median U.S. household

10K

median U.S. income

0.021%

U.S. credit card volume

0.004%

GDP of the United States

0.003%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Dongwon acquired leading U.S. tuna brand StarKist in 2008.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

KOREA | 049770-KR

Dongwon F&B

KOREA | 006040-KR

Dongwon Industries

KOREA | 014820-KR

Dongwon Systems