Jaehyun EomUpdated Jul 24, 2026 – 4.42pm, first published at 3.58pmSeoul | A South Korean court has ordered Chey Tae-won, the chair of AI chipmaker SK Hynix, pay more than 944 billion won ($924 million) to his former wife, capping a decade-long acrimonious legal battle billed in the country as the “divorce of the century”.If finalised, the ruling from the Seoul High Court on Friday would be South Korea’s most expensive divorce ever. Chey is worth about $US5.6 billion ($8 billion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with his net worth more than doubling in the past year.BloombergSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Inside this tech tycoon’s $8b ‘divorce of the century’
The head of blockbuster memory chipmaker SK Hynix publicly blew up his fairy tale marriage. A court just declared his ex-wife can now have a chunk of his empire.
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