Suh Kyung-bae

Chairman, Amorepacific

$1.24B

$5.1M (0.4%)

as of 01/25/25

About Suh Kyung-bae

Suh Kyung-bae is the chairman of Amorepacific, South Korea's largest cosmetic and skincare maker by revenue.

He's capitalized on the Hallyu wave, a keen interest in Korean pop culture that has swept Asia and the U.S.

The only one out of six children interested in the business, Suh joined the company in the 1980s and became CEO in 1997.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Korea

Source of wealth

Cosmetics

Residence

Seoul, South Korea

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/14/63 (age 62)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yonsei University

Self-made

inherited and growing

Suh Kyung-bae’s fortune is worth

21K

troy ounces of gold

19K

median U.S. household

12K

median U.S. income

0.025%

U.S. credit card volume

0.005%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In the 1960s Amorepacific hired women who went from door to door selling products on commission; some of them had lost their husbands in the Korean War.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

KOREA | 090435-KR

Amorepacific Corp Prf

KOREA | 090430-KR

Amorepacific Corp. (New)

KOREA | 002795-KR

Pacific Corp Prf

KOREA | 002795-KR

Pacific Corp Prf

KOREA | 002790-KR

Pacific Corp.

KOREA | 002790-KR

Pacific Corp.