On June 23, tvN 'TMI NEWS' "STAR BEST 14 Married to the Top 1% of Rich People" was broadcast. These celebrities are married to high-net-worth individuals, as well as the third generation of the rich and the second generation.
At the top of the list is South Korean female singer and actress Park Ji-yin. In March 2019, Park Ji-yin married Cho So-yong, a co-representative of KAKAO. Cho so-yong has held key positions in a number of IT companies in South Korea, originally a designer, designing the NAVER website search box, as well as Gwanghwamun D TOWER, N Hotel Yeongjongdo, and G Hotel Yeouido. Last year, Cho received an annual salary of 750 million won (about 570,000 won for 100 million won), plus a bonus of 2.724 billion won.
In second place is Lee Hye-young, a member of the popular girl group CoCo in the early 1990s and starring in works such as "Queen Kenuchi". Lee Hye-young's ex-husband is Lee Sang-min (correct Chinese name Lee Chang-min), and her current husband is Fu Jae-hoon, a founding member of the private equity fund MBK PARTNERS. MBK PARTNERS has about 27 trillion won of capital under management, and Fu Jae-hoon invested in universal studios, a theme park in Japan, and received a difference of 1.5 trillion won, which was recognized as an investor.
In third place is the popular actress Jeon Ji-hyun. Jeon Ji-hyun is paid about 100 million won per episode for starring in the TV series, and there is also real estate worth 87 billion won under his name. Her husband, Choi Joon-hyuk, was born in 1981 and is the second son of Choi Kun, president of Alpha Asset Operations, graduated from Korea University and the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin, and served as the head of the derivatives department of the Bank of America (BOA) Seoul branch of the Global Investment Bank (IB). In October last year, Choi Joon Hyuk replaced his father as the largest shareholder in Alpha's asset operations, receiving 1.4 million shares and being promoted to CEO. Alpha Asset Operation was established in 2002, and the company's working capital is nearly 3 billion yuan. Choi Joon Hyuk's grandmother and mother are both famous fashion designers, his brother is the director of the largest stock exchange in ASEAN, and his sister-in-law is the only daughter of Singapore's largest company.
Jeon Ji-hyun
In fourth place is Baseball Obvious park Chan-ho. Park Chan-ho's wife is from a world-renowned American culinary academy, and her father is a Japanese and Korean overseas Chinese, who was once in the top 30 of Japan's rich list. It is rumored that Park Chan-ho's wife integrated 1 trillion won from her parents.
In fifth place is actor Su Youzhen. Su Youzhen married the Korean restaurant king Bai Zhongyuan (often translated as Bai Chung-won or Bai Zhongyuan) At that time, people envied Bai Zhongyuan, who was more than ten years old, to marry Bai Fumei, and after learning about the scale of The Born Korea Food Group, people suddenly realized that it was Su Youzhen who had caught a golden turtle son-in-law. The Born Korea has more than 30 brands and more than 1,300 restaurants worldwide, with annual sales of more than 120 billion won (as of 2019). It is reported that the food and beverage expenses of the two people spent more than 200 million won when they got married.
In sixth place is JTBC announcer Zhao Xiuai. Her husband, a chaebol for four generations, is the owner of a magazine company and vice president of an advertising agency with a market capitalization of 77.9 billion won and annual sales of 113 billion won (as of 2019). In 2019, when Zhao Xiu'ai gave birth, she was admitted to the same postpartum conditioning institute as Jeon Ji-hyun, and spent 20 million won in two weeks.
Su Youzhen
In seventh place is actor Park Sin-yang (often translated as Park Shin-yang). Park Shin-yang's wife, thirteen years younger than him, is a chaebol for three generations, and the family business was the first to introduce American Häagen-Dazs ice cream to South Korea. In 2017, the company's annual sales were KRW 50.7 billion.
In eighth place is model and actor Hong Zhenqing (often translated as Hong Zhenjing). Hong Zhenqing's father-in-law is a senior executive of a large enterprise, and his mother-in-law has two private high schools with assets of about 18.9 billion won. Her husband, who runs a ski shop in Sinsa-dong, owned a 6.5 billion-won building in Sinsha-dong by the age of 21.
In ninth place is actress Claudia Kim, who starred in the Hollywood movie "Avengers 2.") Soo Hyun's husband, Che Mingen, a former representative of WeWork Korea, now runs a real estate intermediary platform with annual sales of about 4.5 billion won, and the company has received an investment of 4.6 billion won this year.
In tenth place is actress Clara. Clara's husband, now the head of WeWork Korea, has successfully invested in China's education industry. The two housed in lotte world building, worth 8.1 billion won.
Xiu Xian
In the eleventh place is actor Han Caiying. Han Caiying's husband graduated from the Department of Business administration of California Famous University and is a professional financial professional. It is reported that at the time of the marriage proposal, Han Caiying was given a diamond ring worth 500 million won and a supercar worth 200 million won. The couple's current residence covers an area of 150 pyeong and is worth about 7 billion won.
In twelfth place is actress Li Shiying. Li Shiying's husband, nicknamed Xiao Tianwang, has a bar and a Korean beef barbecue restaurant, with annual sales of about 2.5 billion won. The couple now live in a marriage house worth about 2.5 billion won in Samseong-dong and made a profit of 4.075 million won after selling a building in Seongsei-dong last year.
In the thirteenth place is the actor Kim Jae-won, who starred in TV series such as "Sister-in-law 19 Years Old", "Wonderful Life", "Huang Zhenyi" and so on. His wife works with Kim Jae-won at his father's advertising agency, which earns about 2.4 billion won a year and a villa worth 1.5 billion won in Yongsan-gu.
In the fourteenth place is the actor Qiu Porcelain Xuan. The show claims that Yu Xiaoguang is a rich second generation, and the TV series salary is 100 million won per episode. Their marriage house in Seoul's Yongsan-gu is worth 6.3 billion won and their house in Beijing is worth 9 billion won. Yu Xiaoguang and Qiu Porcelain Xuan participated in the recording of the SBS variety show "Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny" together, and won the nickname "Yu Cute", which won a lot of goodwill from Korean audiences.
Qiu Porcelain Xuan[Image source Program screenshot]