Lee Kun-hee

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 이건희
Hanja 李健熙
Revised
Romanization 		I Geon-hui
McCune-
Reischauer 		Yi Gŏnhŭi
Lee Kun-hee (2013)

Lee Kun-hee (born January 9, 1942 in Daegu , † October 25, 2020 in Seoul ) was a South Korean entrepreneur and a leader of the Samsung group.

Life

Lee Kun-hee was born the third eldest son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull . Lee had a degree in economics from Waseda University . He also received an MBA from George Washington University . Lee Kun-hee was proficient in several foreign languages , including Japanese and English . In 1996 he became a member of the International Olympic Committee . With an estimated net worth of $ 16.8 billion, he was among the 100 richest people in the world in 2017, according to Forbes Magazine , and was the richest South Korean.

Lee was CEO of the Samsung Group until 2008 . After an announcement of a possible resignation, it became public on April 29, 2008 that he had already resigned from his management position in the Samsung Group on April 22, 2008; his successor was Choi Gee-sung . In May 2008, a tax back payment of 130 million US dollars followed. In August 2009, Lee was convicted of corruption and sentenced to pay a fine of approximately € 62 million and three years probation for embezzlement. At the end of 2009, however, he was pardoned again because, as a member of the International Olympic Committee, he was important for the awarding of the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang . In March 2010 he regained a management position as chairman of the Samsung Group at Samsung Electronics .

In May 2014, he suffered a heart attack from which he never fully recovered. He died in Seoul on October 25, 2020. A cause of death was initially not disclosed.

family

Lee Kun-hee was the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull . Lee was married and had three daughters and one son. His son, Lee Jae-yong, is Samsung's Vice Chairman.

His daughters Lee Boo-jin and Lee Seo-hyun hold management positions at Samsung Everland and Cheil Communications, respectively .

In November 2005, his youngest daughter, Lee Yoon-hyung, hanged herself in Lower Manhattan , New York , at the age of 26 . Traditionally, the parents did not attend the unmarried child's funeral.

His sister Lee Myung-hee is the chairman of the South Korean group of companies Shinsegae and the richest woman in South Korea according to Forbes Magazine.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lee Kun-hee this message from the New York Times
  2. ↑ Forbes.com : Profile of Lee Kun-hee (2017) . Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Choe Sang-hun: Samsung Head to Step Down . The New York Times of April 22, 2008 (English).
  4. ↑ The Seoul Times (2008): Samsung's Lee to Resign over Corruption Scandal .
  5. ↑ Forbes Magazine : Profile of Lee Kun-hee (2010) (English).
  6. ↑ Tax evaders pardoned - for Olympia . Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 17, 2010.
  7. ↑ a b Lee Kun-hee Returns to Samsung Helm . The Korea Times of March 24, 2010 (English).
  8. ↑ Lee Kun-hee suffers from heart attack . The Korea Times, May 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Samsung board member Lee dies
  10. ↑ Samsung head Lee Kun-hee dies. Yonhab News Agency, October 25, 2020, accessed October 25, 2020 .
  11. ^ Al Baker: After Samsung Reports Accident, Painful Details of Suicide Emerge . The New York Times, November 26, 2005, accessed January 19, 2017
  12. ↑ The Seoul Times: Samsung Chairman's Daughter Kills Herself November 2005, accessed January 19, 2017
  13. ↑ Shinsegae Group chairwoman Lee Myung-hee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on worldretailcongress.com (English).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.worldretailcongress.com  
  14. ↑ Forbes Magazine: South Korea's 40 richest (English).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Kun-hee is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Kun-hee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이건희 (Hangeul); 李健熙 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean manager, CEO of the Samsung Group
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Daegu
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2020
Place of death Seoul