Lee Myung-hee

Lee Myung-hee (Korean: 이명희; born 5 September 1943[1]) is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited for growing it into the country's second-largest retailer. With an estimated net worth of $840 million she is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was ranked 20th on Forbes 2017 list of 50 Richest Koreans.[1]

For the volleyball player, see Lee Meong-hee.
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Myung-hee
Lee Myung-Hee in 2016
Born (1943-09-05) 5 September 1943
Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Alma materEwha Womans University
OccupationChairman of Shinsegae Group
SpouseChung Jae-eun
Children2, including Chung Yong-jin
ParentLee Byung-chul
Korean name
Hangul
이명희
Hanja
Revised RomanizationLee Myeonghui
McCune–ReischauerI Myŏnghŭi

Biography

Lee was born in Uiryeong County to Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul and his first wife Park Du-eul as the youngest of eight children. She attended Ewha Girls' High School and then majored in art at Ewha Womans University before marrying a Seoul National University and Columbia-educated engineer,[2] Chung Jae-eun, who served as the president of Samsung Electronics and is currently the honorary chairman of Shinsegae Group.[3] After ten years of being a homemaker, she became a sales executive at Shinsegae Department Store in 1979 and then its Chairwoman in 1997 after the company was separated from Samsung.[1]

References
  1. "Lee Myung-hee". The Investor. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "The Investor". www.theinvestor.co.kr. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. Herald, Korea (3 June 2012). "Shinsegae Group honorary chairman gets Columbia University award". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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