Lee Kun-hee
South Korean business magnate (1942–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lee Kun-hee (Korean: 이건희; Hanja: 李健熙, Korean: [iːɡʌnɣi]; 9 January 1942 – 25 October 2020) was a South Korean business magnate who served as the chairman of the Samsung Group from 1987 to 2008, and again from 2010 until his death in 2020. He is also credited with the transformation of Samsung to one of the world's largest business entities that engages in semiconductors, smartphones, electronics, shipbuilding, construction, and other businesses. Since Lee Kun-hee became the chairman of Samsung, the company became the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones, memory chips, and appliances. He was the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul. With an estimated net worth of US$21 billion at the time of his death,[1] he was the richest person in South Korea, a position that he had held since 2007.
Lee Kun-hee | |
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이건희 | |
Born | (1942-01-09)9 January 1942 |
Died | 25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 78) Seoul, South Korea |
Alma mater | Waseda University (BS) George Washington University |
Title | Chairman of Samsung |
Spouse | Hong Ra-hee |
Children | Lee Jae-yong Lee Boo-jin Lee Seo-hyun Lee Yoon-hyung |
Parent(s) | Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987) Park Du-eul (1907–2000) |
Relatives | Lee Myung-hee (sister) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이건희 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | I Geonhui |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Kŏnhŭi |
He was convicted twice, once in 1996 and subsequently in 2008, for corruption and tax evasion charges, but was pardoned on both instances. In 2014, Lee was named the world's 35th most powerful person and the most powerful Korean by Forbes's list of the world's most powerful people along with his son, Lee Jae-yong.[2]