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Tech billionaire ordered to pay $640mn in South Korea’s ‘divorce of the century’
Ruling against Chey Tae-won comes a decade after chair of chipmaker SK Hynix first revealed extramarital affair
TL;DR
- Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Hynix, ordered to pay $640 million.
- The ruling is part of what's being called the 'divorce of the century' in South Korea.
- The decision follows Chey Tae-won's admission of an extramarital affair a decade ago.