Lee Kun-hee

Lee Kun-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairman of Samsung Group. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. With an estimated family net worth of $ 40.8 billion, he and his family rank among the Forbes richest people in the world. 

• Lee Kun-hee is chairman of Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, best known for its consumer electronics division.
• In May 2014, Lee suffered a heart attack and remains hospitalized. No concrete information has emerged about his condition.
• The Samsung Group encompasses everything from fashion, theme parks and insurance to advanced materials, IT services and smartphones and TVs.
• Lee is the third son of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-Chull, son of a wealthy landowner who started a modest trading company nearly 80 years ago.
• His fortune includes that of his wife, Hong Ra-hee, a daughter of a media tycoon who chaired one of the country’s largest newspapers.