Presidents

Quantifying the personal wealth of North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, represents one of the most challenging exercises in modern political economy. Operating within the world’s most isolated and secretive regime, his financial standing exists in a shadowy realm where state assets and personal control become indistinguishable. While intelligence agencies and analysts frequently cite an estimated net worth of $5 billion, this figure represents less a precise accounting of liquid assets and more a forensic approximation