The $105,000,000,000 Typo That Broke South Korea’s Stock Market. shorts [FvULgQBHtuA]
The devastating true story of the most expensive clerical error in corporate history. In 2018, a Samsung Securities employee intended to pay a small dividend to workers. Instead of typing "won," she accidentally issued 2.8 billion ghost shares worth $105 billion—over 30 times the company's entire market value. Before the error could be caught, 16 employees sold their shares immediately, triggering a massive crash that wiped out $428 million in a single day. #samsung #stockmarket #growthbrainstorm #financialhistory #fatfingertrade #macroeconomics #wallstreetjournal #businesscase-study