Heo Kyung-hwan was ranked as the number one person with hidden wealth in the entertainment industry.
In the 120th episode of KBS2's 'Year Plus', which aired on the 16th, the ranking of stars with hidden wealth in the entertainment industry was announced.
On this day, Jang Seong-gyu was ranked 5th among the entertainment industry's hidden wealth. He owned an apartment located in Gangdong-gu and a building in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu with a current market price of more than 10 billion won. He recently appeared on a broadcast and said, “The tax accountant told me that (comprehensive income tax) could be in the hundreds of millions.”
Comedian Kim Jeong-ryeol took fourth place. He boasted that he “earned tens of billions of won” by giving just 50,000 won to Jo Jeong-hyeon, using the catchphrase “Sungguri, Dangdang, Sungdangdang.” In fact, he confessed that he earned 100 million in one evening during his prime. Kim Jeong-ryeol owns two buildings in Gangnam by investing all his profits in land, selling land whose price has risen, and purchasing buildings.
Third place was KARA's Han Seungyeon. He currently owns a building in Cheongdam-dong, which he purchased for 4.5 billion won in 2014 and underwent reconstruction, and has a market value of about 15 billion won, and a single-family home in Samseong-dong worth about 16 billion won, which he purchased under the joint name of his mother. In the case of a building in Cheongdam-dong, the monthly rent was estimated at about 20 million won.
Second place was Hwang Hyun-hee, a comedian-turned-investment expert known to have assets of 10 billion won. After leaving 'Gag Concert' in 2014, he entered the Graduate School of Economics at Yonsei University and started investing in real estate based on this. and confessed to investing in stocks and Bitcoin. It is known that he made an initial investment of 450 million won and made a profit of about 10 times.
The first place winner was comedian Heo Kyung-hwan, who became a chicken breast businessman. He started his business in 2010 and experienced difficulties, such as being scammed by a business partner, but recorded sales of about KRW 60 billion in 2021.
It was also known that Heo Kyung-hwan recently jointly purchased a new building in Suwon with 1 underground floor and 6 floors above ground. A real estate agent said, "Heo Gyeong-hwan purchased the building for 8 billion won at the time. It is located on a corner of the main street, so it has good visibility, and there is a large apartment complex nearby, so there "is good demand from residents. The monthly rent is currently seen as being in the upper 20 million won range."
The 2.7 billion won fraud loss suffered by Heo Kyung-hwan was also reported. Heo Gyeong-hwan said, "A person I worked with called me and said I had to come quickly, so I rushed over as soon as the 'GagCon' meeting was over. There were six or seven elderly people sitting at the table. They They were there to collect a debt. They were half bankrupt." It turned out that my close brother and business partner, whom I saw every day, had embezzled company money. Heo Gyeong-hwan also complained, “If a person decides to commit fraud, it is impossible not to get caught.”
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr