Richest Super Junior Members Ranked by Net Worth (2026 Update)

Super Junior has been active for over 20 years. That is not a typo. The group that debuted under SM Entertainment in November 2005 is still releasing music, still touring, and still holding fandom records that newer groups are only now starting to approach.

In that time, the members have had very different financial trajectories. Some leaned into acting. Some built real estate portfolios while they were still in their twenties. One comes from a family with generational wealth that puts him in a completely different category from his groupmates. And one, according to Shindong on a 2024 Korean variety show appearance, quietly became the group’s most financially savvy member through nothing more than discipline.

Here is where each of the current nine members stands in 2026.

Who Are the Richest Super Junior Members?

The short answer: Siwon leads by a significant margin, but the gap between second and fifth place is closer than most people realize. The interesting story is not the rankings themselves. It is how differently each member built their wealth once the group’s peak commercial years passed.

Choi Siwon: Estimated Net Worth $18 Million

Siwon is the wealthiest Super Junior member by a clear margin, though his total wealth picture is complicated by two separate sources of money: what he earned himself, and what his family built before he was ever an idol. Siwon’s personal earnings alone place him among the richest K-pop idols of his generation but the family wealth component is a separate layer entirely.

His personal earnings come from a career that spans K-pop, K-dramas, international film, and brand endorsements. He co-starred with Jackie Chan in Dragon Blade in 2015. He represents Audi Korea. He holds a position as a UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Ambassador. His solo social media following across platforms is estimated at 12.6 million users.

The family wealth component is harder to quantify. The Choi family are connected to the Hyundai Department Store chain, one of South Korea’s largest retail networks. This is generational wealth in a different category from idol earnings.

Personal net worth estimates from Celebrity Net Worth place Siwon at $18 million. Some sources cite figures as high as $55 million when the family assets are included, but those numbers conflate inherited wealth with personal holdings in ways that are difficult to verify.

What can be said with confidence: Siwon’s personal career earnings alone would put him at the top of this list. The family background is a separate layer entirely.

Cho Kyuhyun: Estimated Net Worth $15-20 Million

Kyuhyun is Super Junior’s main vocalist and its youngest current member. He is also one of its most entrepreneurially active.

The family background matters here too. Both of his parents worked as school administrators, and his mother co-runs an educational institution alongside one of his Super Junior groupmates’ families. The academic sector in South Korea is a significant wealth-building vehicle, and Kyuhyun grew up in that environment.

His most notable personal asset is a building in Seoul valued at over $7 million. Not an apartment. A building. He purchased it as a standalone investment, which is a level of real estate ambition well beyond most entertainers his age.

In 2022, Kyuhyun moved from SM Entertainment to Antenna Music, the company founded by comedian and personality Yoo Jae-suk. That move signaled a deliberate shift toward a long-term career in Korean entertainment beyond the idol system.

Kim Heechul: Estimated Net Worth $15-20 Million

Heechul built his wealth through longevity in Korean variety television, which turns out to be one of the more reliable income streams in the entertainment industry.

His most high-profile regular gig has been Knowing Bros (also called Ask Us Anything), where he has been a fixture for years. Variety show hosting pays consistently well in Korea, and Heechul’s personality makes him one of the more bankable regulars in that format.

In 2022, he purchased a luxury flat in Sangji Ritzville Kylom, a Gangnam development that also counts actor Park Seo-joon and actress Jun Ji-hyun among its residents. The unit was valued at approximately $4.17 million at the time of purchase.

His YouTube channel has grown significantly and sits above 490,000 subscribers. Combined with his variety work, solo music activities, and brand partnerships, Heechul’s income has multiple active streams running in parallel.

Park Leeteuk: Estimated Net Worth $10-12 Million

Here is the interesting one.

In July 2024, Shindong appeared on a Korean television program and was asked about the group’s wealthiest member. His answer was Leeteuk. He attributed it specifically to financial discipline: “Leeteuk is very interested in personal finance and is very thrifty.” Shindong added, with characteristic self-awareness, “Ironically, I’m the one who spends the most.”

Leeteuk has been Super Junior’s leader since the group debuted. He is widely considered the best MC in the group and has maintained a consistent presence on Korean variety television. His YouTube channel has over 180,000 subscribers. He recently acquired a sports car valued at over 200 million won.

The reported net worth figure of $10-12 million likely reflects his documented assets rather than the full picture Shindong described. If Shindong’s assessment is accurate, Leeteuk’s actual financial position may be stronger than the publicly available estimates suggest.

Lee Sungmin: Estimated Net Worth $10-12 Million

Note: Sungmin officially left Super Junior in 2025. He is included here for completeness given his long tenure with the group.

Sungmin is multilingual, speaking Korean, Chinese, and English. He comes from a wealthy family background; his father owns the Sendbill Company. He took acting roles in Korean dramas throughout his career and was considered one of the group’s more versatile performers.

His departure from the group in 2025 closes a chapter that had been complicated since 2014, when his marriage announcement created significant fan backlash. How he builds on his career and wealth outside Super Junior remains to be seen.

Lee Hyukjae (Eunhyuk): Estimated Net Worth $10-12 Million

Eunhyuk is Super Junior’s main dancer and a significant behind-the-scenes figure in how the group stages its live shows.

He took on a director role for the group’s Beyond the Super Show concert series, overseeing stage design and performance choreography. That kind of production role represents a career evolution that positions him well beyond just performing.

His estimated net worth reflects a solid entertainment career without the family wealth or major real estate investments that push some of his groupmates higher on this list.

Kim Yesung: Estimated Net Worth $8-10 Million

Yesung has been quietly building a real estate portfolio for over a decade.

His most cited transaction: a building purchased in 2011 for approximately $686,000, sold four years later for close to $1.5 million. That kind of return, at that age, at that stage of a K-pop career, reflects genuine investment thinking rather than just parking money in property.

His estimated current net worth of $8-10 million is built across music royalties, performance income, and continued real estate activity.

Kim Ryeowook: Estimated Net Worth $8 Million

Ryeowook is primarily known as one of Super Junior’s main vocalists, but his acting work is more substantive than it gets credit for.

His performance in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys is frequently cited. His stage work in the musical The Goddess Is Watching demonstrated range outside the idol format. In recent years he has shifted more toward hosting, but his musical and performance foundations remain strong.

Shin Donghee (Shindong): Estimated Net Worth $8 Million

Shindong is perhaps the most multi-format career in the group: singer, rapper, MC, TV personality, radio host, commercial actor, and concert director.

His commercial work includes campaigns for LG Electronics and several luxury brand partnerships. His radio hosting has been a consistent income source over the years.

His 2024 variety show comment about Leeteuk being the group’s richest member, and his own admission about being its biggest spender, was characteristically honest. Shindong has never pretended to be something he is not, which has made him one of the group’s most enduring personalities.

Lee Donghae: Estimated Net Worth $6 Million

Donghae rounds out this list as one of Super Junior’s lead vocalists and most internationally active members.

He has appeared in international films and maintains an active TikTok presence with over 80,000 followers. His strength within the group has always been in composition and performance, and he has writing credits on multiple Super Junior releases.

What Super Junior’s Wealth Gap Actually Tells You

The 20-year spread between Siwon ($18 million) and Donghae ($6 million) is not primarily a story about talent. It is a story about wealth sources.

The members who built the most significant financial positions did so through one of three routes: family wealth (Siwon, Sungmin, Kyuhyun), real estate investment started early (Kyuhyun, Yesung), or consistent variety television presence generating long-term hosting income (Heechul, Leeteuk).

Pure idol income, without those additional pillars, produces the lower end of this list. That is not unique to Super Junior. It is how the K-pop financial structure works across all groups. The idol contract system concentrates earnings heavily at the label level during a group’s peak years. The members who build wealth do so by diversifying aggressively outside the group, often while they are still in it.

Super Junior, given their longevity, had more time to do that than most.

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