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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.
Lee Kun-hee was born in Daegu, in Japanese-occupied Korea, on Jan. 9, 1942, to Park Doo-eul and Lee Byung-chull, who had founded Samsung a few years earlier as an exporter of fruit and dried fish.
Oct 25, 2020 · Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of South Korea's largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, has died aged 78. Mr Lee helped to grow his father's small trading business into an economic powerhouse ...
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Lee Kun-hee, who transformed South Korea's Samsung into one of the world’s biggest technology groups, died on Sunday at the age of 78. Lee had remained out of the public eye since suffering a ...
Oct 24, 2020 · Lee Kun-Hee was a stern, terse leader who focused on big-picture strategies, leaving details and daily management to executives. His near-absolute authority allowed the company to make bold ...
Oct 24, 2020 · Lee Kun-hee — the controversial yet legendary business titan who led Samsung’s rise from a modest South Korean company to a multinational conglomerate — died Sunday at the age of 78.
Oct 26, 2020 · Lee Kun-Hee was a stern, terse leader who focused on big-picture strategies, leaving details and daily management to executives. His near-absolute authority allowed the company to make bold decisions in the fast-changing technology industry, such as shelling out billions to build new production lines for memory chips and display panels even as the 2008 global financial crisis unfolded.
