[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] BonIF (CEO Cheol-ho Kim), which operates ‘Bonjuk,’ ‘Bon Bibimbap,’ and ‘Bon Dosirak,’ continued its growth by surpassing KRW 400 billion in annual sales and KRW 20 billion in operating profit. It is regrettable that the family-owned business, in which the family owns 100% of the shares, paid out 3.3 billion won in dividends in 2023, a 7% increase from the previous year (2022) of 3 billion won. Since all shareholders are family members, the 3.3 billion won in dividends went to all five members of Chairman Kim Chul-ho's family. The shareholding structure is as
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] What do Shinsegae Group Chairman Yong-jin Chung, BTS RM, and former Samsung Museum of Art Leeum Director Ra-hee Hong have in common? The answer is to use a bi-spring bed. The line preferred by the conglomerates is known to be 'Magnificence', priced between 120 million won and 150 million won. Second quiz, who are Netflix's competitors? Disney, CGV, Tving, Coupang, Nike, Everland, etc. are all correct. However, Netflix CEO Hastings mentioned 'human sleep time' as a competitor to Netflix during a speech at the New York Times Dealbook Conference held in Manhatta
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] June 23 is Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s 56th birthday. The weather on June 23, 1968, the day he was born, was occasionally cloudy but clear. The main articles on the front page and a total of 8 pages of the Chosun Ilbo at the time are as follows. The front page that day featured articles on the limits of warrantless detention, the French general election, and a high-level meeting at the White House. In particular, the front page advertisement for the monthly general magazine Sasanggye at the bottom stands out. It was founded in 1953 by Jang Jun
[NewsSpace=JeongYoung Kim] Samsung SDI today announced that it is taking part in InterBattery Europe 2024 that kicked off on June 19 for a three-day run in Munich, Germany. Korea's leading battery fair InterBattery is enriching the offerings of The Smarter E Europe, which is Europe's largest energy exhibition focused on batteries and energy storage systems, housing a record number of around 2,800 exhibitors this year. Touting a theme of 'Sustainable Future Driven by PRiMX,' Samsung SDI unveiled Samsung Battery Box (SBB) 1.5, a newer, upgraded version of SBB which debuted in Munich last year. T
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Shin Yoo-yeol, executive director, is the grandson of Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho and the eldest son of the second chairman Shin Dong-bin. He is a third-generation Korean-Japanese from London, England. He was born in London, England in 1986, when his father, Chairman Shin Dong-bin, was working at the UK branch of Nomura Securities, and returned to Japan two years later in 1988. The Shin clan’s generation is ‘yeol.’ His Japanese name is Shigemitsu Satoshi, and he maintains Japanese citizenship. In Japan, he graduated from Aoyama Gakuin Elementary, Middle,
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Whether it's a high-end restaurant, a neighborhood Chinese restaurant, a luxury hotel, or a department store bathroom, there is a corporate logo that catches our eye and is often seen. It is SESCO (CEO Jeon Chan-hyeok), a company specializing in daily life quarantine and hygiene environment. SESCO's corporate performance is divided into before and after COVID-19. It is evaluated as the company that benefited the most from COVID-19, and its quarantine disinfection and product sales have grown rapidly. As a comprehensive living environment hygiene company, it p
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] It has been revealed that the agency of Ho-joong Kim, who recently caused a social stir with a drunk driving hit-and-run accident, has accumulated considerable wealth. According to the audit report of the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 26th, Kim Ho-joong's agency, Saenggak Entertainment, is known to have expanded thanks to Kim Ho-joong's activities last year. Sales last year decreased by 26.6% from 25.6 billion won the previous year to 18.8 billion won, but operating profit increased by 1 billion won from 2.4 billion won i
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Singer Lim Young-woong (32) was found to have earned over 20 billion won last year alone. According to the Fish Music audit report in the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 23rd, Lim Young-woong received a total of approximately 23.4 billion won from his agency Fish Music last year. According to the audit report, the income that Lim Young-woong received from Fish Music is the sum of approximately 19.3 billion won in settlement money (service fees), 3.1 billion won in unpaid settlement money that Fish Music has not yet paid, an
[NewsSpace=JeongYoung Kim] Choi Min-jeong, the daughter of SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won, recently founded a medical startup in the United States. According to industry sources on the 28th, Choi Min-jeong has emerged as a co-founder of Integral Health, a newly established healthcare startup based on artificial intelligence (AI). Integral Health collaborates with healthcare institutions in the United States to provide programs for managing patients' mental and behavioral health. Several experts, including medical doctors from Yale University, have already joined the venture. According to
[NewsSpace=JeongYoung Kim] Lee Jae-Yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, visited Samsung Electronics' Giheung and Hwaseong campuses to reaffirm his commitment to semiconductor leadership "Utra-Gap" for future competitiveness. This is interpreted as a sign that he intends to succeed and develop the management legacy of his father, the late Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Group, at a symbolic site where Samsung's semiconductor business was born ahead of his 1st anniversary as chairman on the 27th. The visit is also interpreted as a reflection of Lee's intention to person