Top leaders of the country’s largest chaebols were questioned in connection with the presidential scandal in an unprecedented hearing at the National Assembly in December and the picture, above, immediately became iconic. That made the country’s richest person this year’s biggest gainer in dollar terms and more than twice as wealthy as the runner-up. Thanks to his stake in the flagship, Samsung’s comatose chairman, Lee Kun-Hee, was up by $4.2 billion to $16.8 billion. The second-biggest gainer in dollars was online-gaming tycoon Kwon Hyuk-Bin who saw his wealth rise by $1.2 billion, to $6.1 billion. The newcomersThree new people landed on the list this year: Ham Young-Joon of instant food giant Ottogi at No.

Source: Forbes April 26, 2017 21:45 UTC