Celebrity Rankings Based on Real Estate and Wealth Celebrities with the highest property wealth (ranked): 1. Lee Soo Man SM Entertainments Lee Soo Man comes in at an overwhelming first with 19.1 billion won (roughly 18.6 million USD) worth of buildings in his possession. 2. Seo Taiji Often referred to as the President of Culture, Seo Taiji has become something of a cultural icon for contributing to the development of K-Pop from its early stages in the 1990s. He owns a building worth 10.21 billion won (roughly 9.9 million USD) in Seouls posh Gangnam district and a building worth 5.83 billion won (roughly 5.7 million USD) in Jongro. The two buildings are 16.04 billion won (roughly 15.7 million USD) in scale. 3. Yang Hyun Suk Coming in third is CEO of YG Entertainment and former member of Seo Taiji and Boys, Yang Hyun Suk. He has in his possession a personal building, worth 11.87 billion won (roughly 11.6 million USD), and the YG building, worth 3.48 billion won (roughly 3.48 million USD). The combined worth of the buildings totals 15.35 billion won (roughly 15 million USD). 4. Rain Veteran singer Rain owns a building worth 8.54 billion won (roughly 8.3 million USD) and a building worth 3.41 billion won (roughly 3.3 million USD) in Cheongdamdong and Shinsadong respectively. The buildings in his possession come out to a total of 12.15 billion won (roughly 11.8 million USD). 5. Kwon Sang Woo Actor Kwon Sang Woo built a new building in Bundang worth 11.44 billion won (roughly 11.1 million USD), landing him in fifth place. 6. Song Seung Hun Actor Song Seung Hun owns a building in Jamwondong worth 11.22 billion won (roughly 10.9 million USD). 7. Jun Ji Hyun Beloved actress Jun Ji Hyun owns a building worth 7.1 billion won (roughly 6.9 million USD) and another worth 3.2 billion won (roughly 3.1 million USD) in Nonhyeon-dong and Yongsan-dong, respectively. The total comes out to 10.23 billion won (roughly 9.9 million USD). Idols with the most amount of real estate (ranked): 1. Xiah Junsu Junsu owns a penthouse in Samsung-dong worth 2.6 billion won (roughly 2.5 million USD), a town house in Paju worth 1.8 billion won (roughly 1.8 million USD), and a resort in Jeju-do worth 15 billion won (roughly 14.6 million USD). The total cost of his real estate comes out to a staggering 19.4 billion won (roughly 18.9 million USD). 2. Jang Geun Suk Hallyu star Jang Geun Suk owns a 4 billion won luxury villa (roughly 3.9 million USD). In 2011, he purchased a six-story building worth 10 billion won (roughly 10 million USD) from comedian Seo Se Won in Seoul. In 2012, he revealed he bought a six-story building in Japans bustling Shibuya district with the intention of opening his own department store. The cost of the building has not been revealed, but the net worth of all property totals 14 billion won (roughly 13.6 million USD). 3. Lee Seung Gi Singer, actor, and MC Lee Seung Gi lives in the Brownstone Legend building in Seoul, worth 3.2 billion won (roughly 3.1 million USD). 4. Jaejoong JYJs Jaejoong owns 3 billion won worth of property (roughly 2.9 million USD). 5. Kim Hyun Joong Kim Hyun Joong owns a European-style villa in Apgujung-dong thats worth 3 billion won (roughly 2.9 million USD). 6. T.O.P Big Bangs T.O.P purchased a 3 billion won villa (roughly 2.9 million USD) in Hannam-dong. 7. Hara KARAs Hara bought a home in Chungdamdong that costs 1.2 billion won (roughly 1.2 million USD). Idols with wealthy family backgrounds (in no particular order): Siwon Super Juniors Siwon is a well-known chaebol-dol (chaebol idol). His father, Choi Ki Ho, is the CEO of Boryung Medicine Co., which specializes in the distribution of pharmaceutical goods. Siwons family is also rumored to own the Hyundai Department Store, one of the largest supermarket chains in Korea. If the rumor is true, it remains unclear what percentage of shares his family holds. Hyungsik Fellow ZE:A member Kwanghee revealed in a broadcast that Hyungsiks father is on the Board of Directors for the German B brand car company. ZE:As agency later revealed that Hyungsik is the son of a board of director for BMW Korea. Suho On a broadcast of Mnets Beatles Code 2, when Suho was asked whether he was a chaebol-dol, he said it was a misunderstanding. Then Kai added, His hobby is to go golfing. (A chaebol is a wealthy Korean conglomerate, and, in Korea, golfing is almost always enjoyed by wealthy people.) On the same broadcast, Suho revealed he lives in Apgujung, next to Super Junior Siwons apartment. His father is a professor and his mother is a former teacher-turned-housewife. Jinwoon 2AM Jinwoons wealth and well-off family background were revealed in a Radio Star recording. When asked whether it was true his house in Chungdamdong had a private practice room, he admitted it was true that his house was located in Cheongdamdong with no comments regarding the practice room. His father is the CEO of an unspecified company and his mother is an interior designer. He did reveal his fathers company in Samsung district is located on Tehran Street (Teheran-no). With this comment, Jinwoon further raised eyebrows as Tehran Street is known to be one of the pricier plots of land in Seoul. Also, fellow member Seulong mentioned that Jinwoon hired a party planner for his 21st birthday party, further hinting at Jinwoons family wealth. Sooyoung Sooyoungs grandfather is the president of a famous architectural firm and her father is the president of a trading company. cr: Allkpop
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:06:30 +0000
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