Seoul, April 15
Female members of the owner families of South Korea's 20 largest business groups received more than 500 billion won ($351.5 million) in dividends last year, industry data showed on Tuesday.
A total of 577.9 billion won in dividends was paid to 101 female members of the families behind the top 20 conglomerates, down 7.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by the Seoul-based market tracker Leaders Index.
Leading the list were three women from Samsung Group, who together received a combined 409.4 billion won, reports news agency.
Lee Boo-jin, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Samsung Group's hotel and retail affiliate Hotel Shilla, topped the list with 148.3 billion won in dividends.
Her mother Hong Ra-hee, director of the Leeum Museum of Art and widow of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, came in second with 146.7 billion won.
Lee Seo-hyun, the president of Samsung C&T's fashion division and a sister of Lee Boo-jin, followed with 114.4 billion won.
LG Group's family members came next, taking a combined 38.3 billion won.
Kim Young-shik, widow of the late LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo, received 20.5 billion won, while the rest went to her two daughters.
The SK Group family took a combined 33.8 billion won in dividends, followed by the DB Group family with 15.4 billion won and Shinsegae Group with 14.8 billion won.