Lee Kun-hee

Lee Kun-hee (; ;  January 9, 1942 – October 25, 2020) was a South Korean businessman. He was the chairman of Samsung Group. In 1996, Lee became a member of the International Olympic Committee. His family has a net worth of , which make them among the Forbes richest people in the world.

He was the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull.

In May 2014, he was hospitalized for a heart attack and was in a coma.

In 2014, Lee was named the world's 35th most powerful person and the most powerful Korean by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People along with his son Lee Jae-yong.

He died on 25 October 2020 in Seoul from problems caused by the heart attack he suffered in 2014.이건희 삼성 회장 별세…향년 78세  He was 78 years old.

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