More bucks for Bang: Netmarble founder urges South Korea to support startups

More bucks for Bang: Netmarble founder urges South Korea to support startups

Bang Jun-hyuk, founder and chairman of the board of Netmarble Games, speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Picture

When mobile gaming firm Netmarble Games debuts on Friday, its founder Bang Jun-hyuk will be the only billionaire in South Korea‘s top-10 wealthiest stock holders with no ties to the chaebol, the mainly family-owned industrial conglomerates that dominate Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

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