Kim Tae-won, the presidential secretary for youth and future affairs and a former Google Korea executive, holds the largest fortune among aides appointed to the presidential office in July, according to disclosures released on the 22nd.
The Government Public Service Ethics Committee published asset filings for 82 current and former senior officials who took office or left their posts in July. Kim reported total assets of 16.14 billion won ($11.2 million), the highest of the group. His holdings included an apartment in Seoul's Yongsan district valued at 2.384 billion won, 1.535 billion won in deposits held by Kim, his spouse and his eldest son, and 11.938 billion won in stocks.
In last month's disclosure of senior officials' assets, Park Ji-young, secretary for judicial system affairs, reported the most at 9.2 billion won. Earlier, Lee Jang-hyung, secretary for legal affairs, reported 13.416 billion won in March.
Kim served as a managing director at Google Korea and was co-chief executive of digital advertising agency Innored before being named the first youth and future affairs secretary under the Lee Jae-myung administration in July.
Among officials whose assets were disclosed on the 22nd, Oh Suk-keun, Busan's vice mayor for future innovation, ranked second behind Kim with 8.005 billion won.
Among those who left their posts, Lee Se-woong, former governor of North Pyongan Province, reported the largest holdings at 275.951 billion won. That marked an increase of about 117.226 billion won from his previous filing of 158.725 billion won.