Woman Born in 1992 Who Built a 2.6 Billion Won Fortune Shares How She Kept Buying Samsung Electronics After Its Sharp Drop

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[The Financial News] A story about a woman in her 30s who said she built assets worth about 2.6 billion won by concentrating her investments in semiconductor stocks such as Samsung Electronics has drawn attention after being posted on an online community.
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On the 10th, a post titled "Let me brag a little" appeared on Blind, an anonymous workplace community.
The author, identified as a woman born in 1992 and referred to as A, shared a screenshot of her securities account and said, "I’m stunned that my assets have surpassed 2 billion won in my sixth year of stock investing."
The image showed that A’s total investment assets amounted to about 2.6455 billion won.
Domestic stocks accounted for about 1.9966 billion won, or 75% of the total. Unrealized gains stood at 1.2078 billion won, with a return of 153.14%.
Overseas stocks were valued at about 570.9 million won, or 22%, with unrealized gains of 236.7 million won and a return of 70.84%. Bonds, RP, gold and other assets totaled about 77.2 million won, or 3%, while cash deposits came to 790,000 won.
By sector, semiconductors made up the largest share at 67.3%, or about 1.34413 billion won. Hardware followed at 18.6%, then automobiles and auto parts at 9.2%, and pharmaceuticals and biotech at 4.9%.
In particular, A held 3,211 shares of Samsung Electronics. The purchase value of about 223.94 million won had grown to about 866.17 million won, for a return of 286.78%.
A explained, "I built up my seed money by keeping two household account books," and added, "Buying more from the time Samsung Electronics' stock price plunged in 2024 because of weak High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and foundry businesses was a big help."
She also said she posted the story because, as someone from a modest background, she did not have many wealthy people around her to share it with.
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She added, "I have not sold a single share of semiconductor stocks after buying them," and said, "My own seed money, including realized gains over the past six years, is around 500 million won."
The "500 million won seed money" she mentioned is believed to refer to the cumulative amount of her own capital deposited into her securities account, which differs from the purchase cost shown on the screen.
Based on the information in the photo she shared, the purchase cost of domestic stocks is estimated at about 788 million won and overseas stocks at about 334 million won, for a combined total of roughly 1.12 billion won.
It appears that realized profits from trading non-semiconductor stocks over the past six years were reinvested, adding to her 500 million won in capital and forming the current purchase cost basis.
Readers who saw the story reacted with comments such as, "Are you married? Your husband must be lucky," "Amazing and impressive. You deserve to brag," "How could someone from a modest background save up 500 million won in seed money?" and "Semiconductor stocks really are the answer."
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sms@fnnews.com Sung Min-seo Reporter