They say Samsung Electronics has about 8 million minority shareholders.
Through December last year it was around 4.2 million, so the number of shareholders roughly doubled in six months.
It probably dropped a bit in July, but if the stock market does well and Samsung does well,
we might even be able to look at 10 million.
After seeing the news about Samsung Electronics' shareholders, I looked up and compiled the other top market-cap names as well.
Number of minority shareholders (under 1%) - as of 2026.06.30
KOSPI
Samsung Electronics 7,971,242 people
SK Hynix 3,461,526 people
SK Square 449,586 people
Samsung Electro-Mechanics 195,857 people (2025.12.31 as of)
Hyundai Motor 965,758 people (2025.12.31 as of)
LG Energy Solution 814,200 people
Samsung Biologics 136,877 people
Samsung Life Insurance 98,865 people
Samsung C&T 199,233 people
Hanwha Aerospace 226,814 people
KB Financial Group 209,976 people
Kia 501,625 people
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries 321,865 people
Doosan Enerbility 1,732,023 people
Celltrion 504,214 people (2025.12.31 as of)
SK 147,159 people
Samsung SDI 766,880 people
Hana Financial Group 161,982 people
NAVER 1,399,782 people (* Kakao 1,486,523 people)
LG Electronics 1,227,359 people
KOSDAQ
Alteogen 315,088 people
Ecopro 629,871 people
Ecopro BM 534,772 people
Rainbow Robotics 250,541 people
Jusung Engineering 203,763 people
HLB 240,236 people
Wonik IPS 114,804 people
I had no idea Doosan Enerbility had that many shareholders. That is third place by number of shareholders.
