Lee Kun-hee
Organization leader
1942 –
Who is Lee Kun-hee?
Lee Kun-hee is a South Korean business magnate and chairman of Samsung Electronics. He had resigned in April 2008, owing to Samsung slush funds scandal, but returned on March 24, 2010. He speaks Korean, English, and Japanese. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. With an estimated net worth of $12.6 billion, he and his family rank among the Forbes richest people in the world. He is the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull.
An avid sportsman, he was instrumental in the successful third attempt to bring the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1942
Uiryeong County - Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Religion
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ethnicity
- Korean people
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Profession
- Education
- George Washington University
- Waseda University
- Employment
- Samsung Group
- Samsung Electronics
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on July 23, 2013
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