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JAKOTA’s 150 Richest 2023

December 21, 2023

The JAKOTA region, a hub of technological and economic growth, showcases its financial might as we unveil the top 150 wealthiest magnates, according to the latest Forbes rankings. We chart the affluence of individuals and families who not only command significant personal fortunes but also wield considerable influence over publicly traded companies across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan — redefining market trends and shareholder value.

Rank	Name	Country	Net Worth, USD billion	Company	Related JAKOTA Stock
1	Tadashi Yanai & family	Japan	35.40	Fast Retailing	9983.TSE
2	Takemitsu Takizaki	Japan	22.60	Keyence	6861.TSE
3	Masayoshi Son	Japan	20.90	SoftBank SoftBank Group	9434.TSE 9984.TSE
4	Nobutada Saji & family	Japan	10.30	Suntory	2587.TSE
5	Michael Kim	Korea	9.70	MBK Partners
6	Daniel & Richard Tsai	Taiwan	8.80	Fubon Financial	2881.TW
7	Wei Ing-Chou, Ying-Chiao, Yin-Chun & Yin-Heng	Taiwan	8.30	Tingyi
8	Jay Y. Lee	Korea	8.00	Samsung	005930.KO
9	Lin Shu-hong	Taiwan	7.90	Chang Chun Group
10	Tsai Hong-tu & Cheng-ta & family	Taiwan	7.70	Cathay Financial Holding	2882.TW
11	Zhang Congyuan	Taiwan	7.60	Huali Industrial
12	Takahisa Takahara	Japan	7.50	Unicharm	8113.TSE
13	Terry Gou	Taiwan	7.40	Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry)	2317.TW
14	Jason & Richard Chang	Taiwan	6.30	ASE Group	3711.TW
15	Tsai Eng-meng	Taiwan	6.10	Want Want China
16	Seo Jung-jin	Korea	5.70	Celltrion Celltrion Pharm	068270.KO 068760.KQ
17	Barry Lam	Taiwan	5.60	Quanta Computer	2382.TW
18	Pierre Chen	Taiwan	5.50	Yageo	2327.TW
19	Kwon Hyuk-bin	Korea	5.10	Smilegate
20	Kim Beom-su	Korea	5.00	Kakao	035720.KO
21	Hong Ra-hee	Korea	4.90	Samsung	005930.KO
22	Ito siblings	Japan	4.70	Seven & I Holdings	3382.TSE
23	Andre Koo, Sr.	Taiwan	4.50	Chailease Holding	5871.TW
24	Tseng Cheng & Sing-ai	Taiwan	4.40	Chang Chun Group
25	Samuel Yin	Taiwan	4.30	Ruentex Industries Ruentex Development Ruentex Engineering & Construction	2915.TW 9945.TW 2597.TW
26	Hideyuki Busujima & family	Japan	4.10	Sankyo	6417.TSE
27	Mong-Koo Chung	Korea	4.10	Hyundai Motor	005380.KO
28	Akio Nitori	Japan	4.00	Nitori Holdings	9843.TSE
29	Masahiro Noda	Japan	3.90	OBIC	4684.TSE
30	Masahiro Miki	Japan	3.85	ABC-Mart	2670.TSE
31	Shigenobu Nagamori	Japan	3.80	Nidec	6594.TSE
32	Yasumitsu Shigeta	Japan	3.70	Hikari Tsushin	9435.TSE
33	Hiroshi Mikitani	Japan	3.60	Rakuten	4755.TSE
34	Kim Jung-min & Jung-youn	Korea	3.60	Nexon	3659.TSE
35	Cho Jung-ho	Korea	3.40	Meritz Financial Group	138040.KO
36	Takao Yasuda	Japan	3.30	Pan Pacific	7532.TSE
37	Lee Boo-jin	Korea	3.30	Hotel Shilla	008770.KO
38	Yoo Jung-hyun	Korea	3.25	Nexon	3659.TSE
39	Chang Kuo-Hua, Kuo-Ming & Kuo-Cheng	Taiwan	3.20	Evergreen Marine	2603.TW
40	Ma family	Taiwan	3.15	Yuanta Financial Holding	2885.TW
41	Yuji Otsuka & family	Japan	3.10	Otsuka Holdings	4578.TSE
42	Lin Ming-hsiung	Taiwan	3.10	PX Mart
43	Sekiya family	Japan	3.00	Disco	6146.TSE
44	Chiao family	Taiwan	3.00	Walsin Lihwa	1605.TW
45	Lee Seo-hyun	Korea	2.95	Samsung	005930.KO
46	Euisun Chung	Korea	2.90	Hyundai Motor	005380.KO
47	Kobayashi brothers	Japan	2.80	Kose	4922.TSE
48	Bom Kim	Korea	2.80	Coupang	CPNG
49	Yoichi & Keiko Erikawa	Japan	2.75	Koei Tecmo	3635.TSE
50	Akira Mori & family	Japan	2.70	Mori Trust
51	Lin Chen-hai	Taiwan	2.70	Pau Jar Group Far Eastern Department Stores	2903.TW
52	Xie Weitong	Taiwan	2.55	Huayou Cobalt
53	Chen Tei-fu	Taiwan	2.50	Sunrider
54	Tsai Ming-kai	Taiwan	2.45	MediaTek	2454.TW
55	Samuel Chen	Taiwan	2.40	Digital Mobile Venture
56	T.Y. Tsai	Taiwan	2.35	Cathay Financial Holding	2882.TW
57	Masateru Uno & family	Japan	2.30	COSMOS Pharmaceutical	3349.TSE
58	Morris Chang	Taiwan	2.30	Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC)	2330.TW
59	Lin Chang Su-O & family	Taiwan	2.25	Union Enterprise Construction
60	Yoshio Tsuchiya & family	Japan	2.20	Workman	7564.TSE
61	Chao Teng-hsiung	Taiwan	2.20	Farglory Land Development	5522.TW
62	Katsumi Tada	Japan	2.15	Daito Trust Construction	1878.TSE
63	Bruce Cheng	Taiwan	2.15	Delta Electronics	2308.TW
64	Kentaro Ogawa	Japan	2.10	Zensho Holdings	7550.TSE
65	Douglas Hsu	Taiwan	2.10	Far Eastern Group Far EasTone U-Ming Marine Transport Asia Cement Oriental Union Chemical	4904.TW 2606.TW 1102.TW 1710.TW
66	Masaaki Arai	Japan	2.00	Open House Group	3288.TSE
67	Lo Ming-han & Tsai-jen & family	Taiwan	2.00	Cheng Shin Rubber Ind.	2105.TW
68	Suh Kyung-bae	Korea	1.95	Amorepacific AMOREPACIFIC Group	090430.KO 002790.KO
69	Wang Ren-sheng	Taiwan	1.95	Dennis Group
70	Yasuhiro Fukushima	Japan	1.90	Square Enix	9684.TSE
71	Bang Si-hyuk	Korea	1.90	HYBE	352820.KO
72	Shi Wen-long	Taiwan	1.90	Chimei Corp
73	Thomas Wu	Taiwan	1.85	Taishin Financial Holdings	2887.TW
74	Uchiyama family	Japan	1.80	Panasonic	6752.TSE
75	Wang Chou-hsiong	Taiwan	1.80	Feng Tay Enterprises	9910.TW
76	Eiichi Kuriwada	Japan	1.75	SG Holdings	9143.TSE
77	Koo Kwang-mo	Korea	1.75	LG Electronics	066570.KO
78	Yusaku Maezawa	Japan	1.70	ZOZO	3092.TSE
79	Lee Dong-chae	Korea	1.70	Ecopro	086520.KQ
80	Howard Nien & family	Taiwan	1.70	Nien Made Enterprise	8464.TW
81	Tada brothers	Japan	1.65	Sundrug	9989.TSE
82	Chey Tae-won	Korea	1.65	SK Group	034730.KO
83	Wu Li-gann	Taiwan	1.65	WUS Printed Circuit	2316.TW
84	Keiichi Shibahara	Japan	1.60	Amvis Holdings	7071.TSE
85	Kim Chang-soo	Korea	1.60	F&F Holdings F&F	007700.KO 383220.KO
86	Chen Yung-tai	Taiwan	1.60	Aurora	2373.TW
87	Yoshiaki Yoshida	Japan	1.55	DHC
88	Kim Jae-young	Korea	1.55	Lionheart Studio
89	Archie Hwang	Taiwan	1.55	Hermes-Epitek
90	Kazuo Okada	Japan	1.50	Universal Entertainment	6425.TSE
91	Kim Jun-ki	Korea	1.50	DB Insurance DB HiTek	005830.KO 000990.KO
92	K.C. Liu	Taiwan	1.50	Advantech	2395.TW
93	Yoshiko Mori	Japan	1.49	Mori Building
94	Kazumi Iida & family	Japan	1.46	Iida Group	3291.TSE
95	Kinoshita family	Japan	1.45	Acom	8572.TSE
96	Lee Ho-jin	Korea	1.45	Taekwang Industrial	003240.KO
97	William & Wilfred Wang	Taiwan	1.45	Formosa Petrochemical	6505.TW
98	Kagemasa Kozuki	Japan	1.44	Konami Holdings	9766.TSE
99	Hajime Satomi	Japan	1.43	Sega Sammy Holdings	6460.TSE
100	Tadako Nakatani	Japan	1.40	Sysmex	6869.TSE
101	Kim Taek-jin	Korea	1.40	NCsoft	036570.KO
102	Chin Jong Hwa	Taiwan	1.40	Minth
103	Li Shui-po	Taiwan	1.37	Kinglai Hygienic Materials
104	Nobutoshi Shimamura	Japan	1.35	SHIMAMURA	8227.TSE
105	Scot Lin	Taiwan	1.35	Largan Precision	3008.TW
106	Lee Hae-jin	Korea	1.30	Naver	035420.KO
107	Wang Shih-Chung	Taiwan	1.30	AirTAC International	1590.TW
108	Yeh Kuo-I	Taiwan	1.28	Inventec	2356.TW
109	Chizuko & Michio Matsui	Japan	1.25	Matsui Securities	8628.TSE
110	Shirley Kao	Taiwan	1.25	Uni-President Enterprises	1216.TW
111	Kenzo Tsujimoto	Japan	1.20	Capcom	9697.TSE
112	Lee Su-jin	Korea	1.20	Yanolja
113	Wu Chung-yi	Taiwan	1.20	Fine Blanking & Tool
114	Chung Yong-jin	Korea	1.19	Samsung Electronics Shinsegae	005930.KO 004170.KO
115	Eugene Wu	Taiwan	1.17	Shin Kong Financial Holding	2888.TW
116	Hiroshi Ishibashi	Japan	1.15	Bridgestone	5108.TSE
117	Bang Jun-hyuk	Korea	1.15	Netmarble	251270.KO
118	Tsao Ter-fung	Taiwan	1.15	Standard Foods	1227.TW
119	Lee Joong-keun	Korea	1.12	Booyoung Group
120	Chung Yong-ji	Korea	1.11	Caregen	214370.KQ
121	Fumio Kaneko	Japan	1.10	Daiei Kankyo	9336.TSE
122	Lee Jay-hyun	Korea	1.10	CJ Group	001040.KO
123	Cho Jyh-jer	Taiwan	1.10	MediaTek	2454.TW
124	Masaru Wasami	Japan	1.09	AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings	9090.TSE
125	Shigefumi Wada	Japan	1.06	OBIC Business Consultants	4733.TSE
126	Masayuki Ishihara	Japan	1.05	Heiwa	6412.TSE
127	Koo Bon-sik	Korea	1.05	LG Electronics	066570.KO
128	Steven Pan & family	Taiwan	1.05	Silks Hotel Group
129	Hong Seok-joh	Korea	1.02	BGF Retail	282330.KO
130	Kim Jung-woong	Korea	1.01	GP Club
131	Takanori Nakamura	Japan	1.00	Rakus	3923.TSE
132	Koo Bon-neung	Korea	1.00	LG Electronics	066570.KO
133	Cho Young-sik	Korea	0.99	SD BioSensor	137310.KO
134	Chang Pyung-soon	Korea	0.99	Kyowon Group
135	Lee Sang-ryul	Korea	0.98	Chunbo	278280.KQ
136	Ryuji Arai	Japan	0.98	Bic Camera	3048.TSE
137	Gim Seong-gon	Korea	0.98	CS Wind	112610.KO
138	Susumu Fujita	Japan	0.97	CyberAgent	4751.TSE
139	Chung Mong-joon	Korea	0.97	Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries	329180.KO
140	Yoshiko Shinohara	Japan	0.96	Persol Holdings	2181.TSE
141	Song Chi-hyung	Korea	0.95	Dunamu
142	Kim Nam-jung	Korea	0.91	Dongwon Industries	006040.KO
143	Lee Seung-gun	Korea	0.90	Viva Republica
144	Lee Sang-rok	Korea	0.89	Carver Korea
145	Shin Dong-joo	Korea	0.88	LOTTE	004990.KO
146	Lee Joon-ho	Korea	0.87	Naver	035420.KO
147	Cho Hyun-sang	Korea	0.86	Hyosung	004800.KO
148	Ryu Kwang-ji	Korea	0.84	Kumyang	001570.KO
149	Kim Sang-yeol	Korea	0.83	Hoban Construction
150	Lee Hwa-kyung	Korea	0.83	ORION	271560.KO