It was found that as listed companies expanded quarterly and semi-annual dividends following the implementation of the Commercial Act amendment, both the number of companies offering dividends and the average dividend yield increased compared to last year. In the ranking of individual dividends for the first half of this year, Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, took first place with 72.7 billion won.
According to an analysis by Leaders Index on the 4th regarding the dividend status of 2025 and 2026 among domestic listed companies that completed cash or stock dividend disclosures by the end of this month out of 2,873 listed companies, the number of companies implementing dividends in the first half of this year increased compared to the previous year, and the average dividend yield also rose.
The top recipient of individual dividends was Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, who received 72.7 billion won. Last year, Hong Ra-hee, Honorary Director of the Leeum Museum of Art and mother of Lee (Chairman), held first place; however, after selling part of her Samsung Electronics shares to secure funds for inheritance tax, Lee (Chairman) received the largest dividend amount this year.
Second place was taken by Chung Mong-koo, Honorary Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, with 67.1 billion won, and third place by Jung Mong-jun, President of the Asan Foundation, who received 54.6 billion won.
Following them were Hong Ra-hee, Honorary Director of the Leeum Museum of Art (54.4 billion won), Lee Seo-hyun, Strategic Gi Hoek-dam-dang (President) of Samsung C&T (34.1 billion won), and Lee Boo-jin, CEO of Hotel Shilla (31.2 billion won), who ranked 4th to 6th respectively.
Additionally, Chung Eui-sun, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group (28.4 billion won), Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK (19.5 billion won), Lee Hwa-kyung, Vice Chairman of Orion Group (14.0 billion won), and Jeong Gi-seon, Chairman of HD Hyundai (12.5 billion won), were included in the top 10 individual dividend recipients.
in ECONOMY
