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Executives at South Korea’s Top Conglomerates Earn Over 10 Times More Than Workers

Executives at South Korea’s Top Conglomerates Earn Over 10 Times More Than Workers

SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A stark divide exists between the paychecks of top executives and ordinary employees at South Korea’s major conglomerates, with a new analysis revealing that executives earn on average more than 11 times the salary of regular workers.  According to data compiled by Chaebul.com from the 2023 fiscal year business reports [...]

Highest-paid Executives Earned 16 Times More than Median Worker Last Year: Data

Highest-paid Executives Earned 16 Times More than Median Worker Last Year: Data

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — At South Korea’s biggest enterprises, the highest-paid executives made 16 times more than the median worker last year, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. Leaders Index analyzed data from 282 Korean companies that disclosed information on their highest-paid earners for last year. The annual wage of these companies’ highest-paid executives [...]

Banks Offer Hefty Bonuses to Executives After 3 Years of Interest Rate Hikes

Banks Offer Hefty Bonuses to Executives After 3 Years of Interest Rate Hikes

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Banks in South Korea have offered hefty bonuses to their executives on the back of the profits they chalked up by steadily raising interest rates over the past three years, a lawmaker said Wednesday. The aggregate value of bonuses given to the executives at the nation’s top four commercial [...]

Business Executives to Bet More on Stocks to Cope with Inflation

Business Executives to Bet More on Stocks to Cope with Inflation

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A substantial number of South Korean business executives intend to increase their stock investment amid expectations that inflation will continue to remain high, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted by Samsung Securities Co. of executives from 924 local businesses, 21.3 percent of the respondents picked inflation [...]

Unibuddy Strengthens Executive Bench with New Hires Following Series B Raise

Unibuddy Strengthens Executive Bench with New Hires Following Series B Raise

LONDON, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Unibuddy announces the addition of Nina Bilimoria Angelo as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Sam Park as Vice President of Finance, and Dan Sommer as its newest Board Member. With decades of experience under their belts, Angelo, Park, and Sommer will guide the company as it continues to grow globally in partnership with higher education institutions. “We [...]

Only 5.2 pct of Executives in S. Korea are Women: Gender Ministry

Only 5.2 pct of Executives in S. Korea are Women: Gender Ministry

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Women hold 5.2 percent of executive positions at publicly listed companies in South Korea, the gender equality ministry said Thursday. According to a survey of 2,246 stock market-listed companies in the first quarter, only 1,668, or 5.2 percent, of the 32,005 executives were women, according to the Ministry of [...]

Kimball Electronics Announces Internal Promotions, Executive Retirements

Kimball Electronics Announces Internal Promotions, Executive Retirements

JASPER, Ind., June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimball Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KE), (the “Company”), today announced two new internal promotions conducive to the Company accelerating its strategic growth plans. Effective July 1, 2020, Steve Korn has been promoted to the newly-created position of President of Global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Operations, and Lee Kemper has [...]