Krafton CEO Kim Chang-han received more than 8 billion won in compensation last year. Founder and Krafton board chair Jang Byung-gyu received 518 million won.
According to Krafton's 2025 annual report disclosed on the 16th, CEO Kim received 568 million won in salary, 7.455 billion won in bonuses, and 17 million won in other earned income, totaling 8.04 billion won.
Kim's bonus increased about 39% (2.088 billion won), from 5.367 billion won in 2024 to 7.455 billion won last year.
Krafton said Kim's bonus consisted of short-term and long-term performance pay. The short-term performance pay was an incentive amount paid by board resolution for 2024 performance, and the long-term performance pay was granted in cash and 10,600 treasury shares in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs).
Chair Jang Byung-gyu received 518 million won in compensation. Salary was 500 million won, and other earned income was 18 million won.
The executive who received the next-highest compensation after Kim was Jang Tae-seok, director overseeing the PUBG intellectual property (IP) franchise. Jang received 6.162 billion won.
In addition, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bae Dong-geun received 4.626 billion won; PUBG PC and console Deputy Minister Kim Sang-gyun received 3.081 billion won; and PUBG PC and console director Kim Tae-hyun received 2.691 billion won.
Last year, Krafton had a total of 2,118 employees, including 1,863 full-time staff and 256 fixed-term workers. The average salary per employee was tallied at 129 million won, up 20 million won from the previous year.
Meanwhile, Krafton will hold a shareholders meeting on the 24th of this month to discuss agendas including the appointment of CEO Kim Chang-han and Chair Jang Byung-gyu as inside directors.