Yuanta Securities Korea: Jong-seok Lee earns 7.43B won, CEO gets 991M won.

Last year, the highest-paid person at Yuanta Securities Korea Co., Ltd. was Director Jong-seok Lee, who earned 7.432 billion won in total compensation. The figure, released through the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system, far surpassed the pay of the company’s chief executive, Lu Zefeng, who earned 991 million won.

The second-highest earner was Retail Director Gi-il Gu, with 4.197 billion won. Following him were Retail Director Hwan-jin Park with 1.76 billion won, Senior Manager Jae-yoon Lee with 1.828 billion won, and Deputy Manager Seung-ho Shin with 1.625 billion won, all listed among Yuanta’s top-paid staff.

Lu Zefeng’s package comprised a base salary of 696 million won, a 263 million won bonus, and 32 million won in other income, totaling 991 million won for the year.

Guo Mingzheng, listed as an external or non-executive director, received a total of 534 million won. His breakdown showed a salary of 24 million won, a bonus of 508 million won, and 3 million won in other income.

The disclosure notes that two of the top earners are Retail Directors, highlighting a strong emphasis on generating growth from Yuanta’s retail client business. This reflects how compensation in Korea’s brokerage sector is structured around client-facing growth targets.

For U.S. readers, the figures shed light on governance and incentive patterns in Korea’s financial sector, including how executive pay at major securities firms can dwarf the CEO’s compensation. As American investors seek exposure to Asia’s markets, transparency around such pay structures can influence perceptions of governance quality, risk, and long-term performance in Korean brokers.