In the October Netizen Awards business leader category vote, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong secured a majority support rate, extending his streak of first-place finishes.

■ Chairman Lee Surpasses 50% of Votes... Gains 415 Votes Over One Month

According to the final October tally, Chairman Lee won 2,211 votes, taking the top spot with a 55.4% share. After recording 1,618 votes (43.8%) in August and 1,796 votes (47.3%) in September, expanding his support each month, he added 415 votes in October alone to surpass the 50% vote threshold. Chairman Lee recently visited an advanced semiconductor packaging research hub in Yokohama, Japan, to review the status of technology development.

■ Hyundai's Chung Eui-sun Defends Second Place... Chung Yong-jin and Shin Dong-bin Hold Third and Fourth

In the upper rankings from second to fourth place, the standings formed in August and September remained unchanged. Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun won 937 votes (23.5%) to defend second place, a 15-vote increase from his September tally of 922 votes (24.3%), sustaining one axis of the top tier with a share in the low-to-mid 20% range.

Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin took third place with 218 votes (5.5%), while Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin secured fourth place with 196 votes (4.9%). The two chairmen, who placed third and fourth in September separated by just 8 votes, defended their rankings side by side in October with a 22-vote gap.

■ Mid-Rankings Reshuffled... Lee Boo-jin Rises to Fifth, Kim Dong-kwan to Sixth

The reshuffling was notable in the mid-tier rankings from fifth to eighth place. Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, who ranked sixth in September with 174 votes (4.6%), rose one notch to fifth place in October with 181 votes (4.5%), increasing her vote count. Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, who remained in eighth place in September with 104 votes (2.7%), recorded 106 votes (2.7%) in October to climb two spots to sixth.

Meanwhile, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo received 96 votes (2.4%), maintaining seventh place, the same as in September, while CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun, who recorded 202 votes (5.3%) for fifth place in September, managed only 40 votes (1.0%) in October, dropping to eighth.

■ Hyosung's Cho Hyun-joon Ninth, SK's Chey Tae-won Tenth, Rankings Unchanged to the Finish

Ninth and tenth place ended with the same rankings as in September. Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon secured 4 votes (0.1%) to hold ninth place, and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won received 2 votes (0.1%) to sit in tenth, wrapping up the October business leader award voting schedule.