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data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%B3%91%EC%B2%A0" title="이병철 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이병철" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB_%D4%B2%D5%B5%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%89%D5%B0%D5%B8%D5%AC" title="Լի Բյոն Չհոլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լի Բյոն Չհոլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84" title="اى بيونج تشول – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اى بيونج تشول" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byungchul" title="Lee Byungchul – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lee Byungchul" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98_%D0%91%D1%91%D0%BD-%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="И Бён-чоль – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="И Бён-чоль" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chull" title="Lee Byung-chull – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lee Byung-chull" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86" title="李秉喆 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="李秉喆" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro 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Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96_%D0%91%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Лі Бьон Чхоль – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лі Бьон Чхоль" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Lee Byung-chul – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Lee Byung-chul" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Lee Byung-chul</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Byung-chul_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lee_Byung-chul_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Lee_Byung-chul_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lee_Byung-chul_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Lee_Byung-chul_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Lee_Byung-chul_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="591" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lee <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1950</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1910-02-12</span>)</span>12 February 1910<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Uiryeong_County" title="Uiryeong County">Uiryeong County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Gyeongsang_Province" title="South Gyeongsang Province">South Gyeongsang Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean Empire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">19 November 1987<span style="display:none">(1987-11-19)</span> (aged 77)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, South Korea</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output 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title="married">m.</abbr> 1926)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-chosun_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chosun-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">10, including<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_In-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee In-hee (page does not exist)">Lee In-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%B8%ED%9D%AC_(%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%85%EC%9D%B8)" class="extiw" title="ko:이인희 (기업인)">ko</a>]</span> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Maeng-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Maeng-hee (page does not exist)">Lee Maeng-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A7%B9%ED%9D%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:이맹희">ko</a>]</span> (son)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Chang-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Chang-hee (page does not exist)">Lee Chang-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%B0%BD%ED%9D%AC_(1933%EB%85%84)" class="extiw" title="ko:이창희 (1933년)">ko</a>]</span> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee" title="Lee Kun-hee">Lee Kun-hee</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee" title="Lee Myung-hee">Lee Myung-hee</a> (daughter)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong" title="Lee Jae-yong">Lee Jae-yong</a> (grandson)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Boo-jin" title="Lee Boo-jin">Lee Boo-jin</a> (granddaughter)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Jay-hyun" title="Lee Jay-hyun">Lee Jay-hyun</a> (grandson)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Yong-jin" title="Chung Yong-jin">Chung Yong-jin</a> (grandson)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Miky_Lee" title="Miky Lee">Miky Lee</a> (granddaughter)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">이병철</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">李秉喆</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">I Byeong-cheol</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Yi Pyŏngch'ŏl</i></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;"><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art name</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">호암</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Ho-Am</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Ho Am</i></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hoamfoundation.org/eng/hoam/hoam_intro.asp">hoamfoundation.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lee Byung-chul</b> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">이병철</span></span>; 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was a South Korean business magnate who founded the <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung Group</a>, the country's largest <a href="/wiki/Chaebol" title="Chaebol">chaebol</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a>). Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is recognized as the most successful business magnate in South Korea's history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee was born on 12 February 1910 in <a href="/wiki/Uiryeong_County" title="Uiryeong County">Uiryeong County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Gyeongsang_Province" title="South Gyeongsang Province">South Gyeongsang Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean Empire</a>. He was born the youngest son of four siblings to father Lee Chan-woo and mother Kwon Jae-lim.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of a wealthy land-owning <a href="/wiki/Yangban" title="Yangban">yangban</a> family, a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Lee_(Korean_surname)#Gyeongju_clan" title="Lee (Korean surname)">Gyeongju Lee</a> clan.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended high school at <a href="/wiki/Joongdong_High_School" title="Joongdong High School">Joongdong High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, and in 1929, he enrolled in the Department of <a href="/wiki/Political_economy" title="Political economy">Political Economy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Waseda_University" title="Waseda University">Waseda University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> but didn't finish his studies and decided to drop out in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chosun_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chosun-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, Lee was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary doctorate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samsung">Samsung</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Samsung"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee established a trucking business and <a href="/wiki/Real_estate_business" title="Real estate business">real estate business</a> in <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> on 1 March 1938,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he named Samsung Trading Co, the forerunner to <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a>. Samsung means (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">삼성</span></span>; <abbr title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> Three Stars) which explains the initial corporate logos. </p><p>By 1945, Samsung was transporting goods throughout Korea and to other countries. The company was based in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> by 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-cain_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cain-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samsung was one of the ten largest "trading companies" when the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> started in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-watkins_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watkins-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">conquest of Seoul</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">North Korean army</a>, Lee was forced to relocate his business to <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>. The massive influx of U.S. troops and equipment into Busan over the next year and a half of the war proved to be highly beneficial to Lee's trading company.<sup id="cite_ref-watkins_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watkins-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg/220px-%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg/330px-%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg/440px-%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%A5%E7%86%99%E5%92%8C%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E6%9D%8E%E7%A7%89%E5%96%86.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1409" data-file-height="1879" /></a><figcaption>Lee (left) and his son <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee" title="Lee Kun-hee">Lee Kun-hee</a> (right) in 1950</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federation_of_Korean_Industries">Federation of Korean Industries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Federation of Korean Industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, when <a href="/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee" title="Park Chung Hee">Park Chung Hee</a> seized power in the <a href="/wiki/May_16_coup" title="May 16 coup">May 16 coup</a>, Lee was in Japan and for some time he did not return to South Korea. Eventually, a deal was struck and Lee returned but Samsung had to give up control over the banks it acquired and follow economic directives from Park's government.<sup id="cite_ref-watkins_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watkins-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first step of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Korean_Industries" title="Federation of Korean Industries">Federation of Korean Industries</a> was established in August 1961. The association was founded by Samsung Group chairman Lee Byung-chul. </p><p>Later in life, Lee served as chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries and was known as the richest man in Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-KTimes2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KTimes2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The citation is not specific enough to facilitate source verification (February 2020)">not specific enough to verify</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_and_art">Cultural and art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cultural and art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, he established the Samsung Culture Foundation<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to promote a broad range of programs to enrich Korean cultural life.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samsung_Electronics">Samsung Electronics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Samsung Electronics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1969, Samsung Electronics Manufacturing (renamed <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Electronics</a>) and later merged with Samsung-Sanyo Electric.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_2006_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee_2006-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samsung Electronics Manufacturing had 45 employees and about <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>250,000</span> sales in 1970 and it made household electronics exclusively.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_2006_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee_2006-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his death, <a href="/wiki/Ho-Am_Art_Museum" title="Ho-Am Art Museum">Ho-Am Art Museum</a> was opened to the public for tours. His collection of <a href="/wiki/Korean_art" title="Korean art">Korean art</a> is considered one of the largest private collections in the country, featuring a number of art objects that have been designated "<a href="/wiki/National_treasure" title="National treasure">National Treasures</a>" by the Korean government.<sup id="cite_ref-Everland_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Everland-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS#Questionable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS"><span title="The material in the vicinity of this tag may rely on a promotional source. (April 2022)">promotional source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Ho-Am is located a short distance from the <a href="/wiki/Everland" title="Everland">Everland</a> park, one of South Korea's popular amusement parks (Everland is also owned by the Samsung Group).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_tree">Family tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Family tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Lee_Byung-chul" title="Special:EditPage/Lee Byung-chul">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lee's_family_tree[16]"><span id="Lee.27s_family_tree.5B16.5D"></span>Lee's family tree<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lee's family tree[16]"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee's children with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Park_Du-eul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Park Du-eul (page does not exist)">Park Du-eul</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%95%EB%91%90%EC%9D%84" class="extiw" title="ko:박두을">ko</a>]</span> </p> <ol><li>1st daughter: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_In-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee In-hee (page does not exist)">Lee In-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%B8%ED%9D%AC_(%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%85%EC%9D%B8)" class="extiw" title="ko:이인희 (기업인)">ko</a>]</span>, The founder of <a href="/wiki/Hansol" title="Hansol">Hansol</a> and spouse of its former chairman, Dr. Cho Wan-hae, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">M.D</a></li> <li>1st son: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Maeng-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Maeng-hee (page does not exist)">Lee Maeng-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A7%B9%ED%9D%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:이맹희">ko</a>]</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, Founder of <a href="/wiki/CJ_Group" title="CJ Group">CJ Group</a> (in which he lost the lawsuit<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (July 2017)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup>alongside <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee" title="Lee Kun-hee">Lee Kun-hee</a>), father of current CJ Group chairman <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jay-hyun" title="Lee Jay-hyun">Lee Jay-hyun</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd son: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Chang-hee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee Chang-hee (page does not exist)">Lee Chang-hee</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%B0%BD%ED%9D%AC_(1933%EB%85%84)" class="extiw" title="ko:이창희 (1933년)">ko</a>]</span>, Founder of Saehan<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd daughter: Lee Suk-hee, spouse of <a href="/wiki/LG" title="LG">LG</a> board director Koo Cha-hak, younger brother of the emeritus chairman, Koo Cha-kyung and paternal uncle of the former deceased chairman, <a href="/wiki/Koo_Bon-moo" title="Koo Bon-moo">Koo Bon-moo</a></li> <li>3rd daughter: Lee Soon-hee</li> <li>4th daughter: Lee Deok-hee, widow of Lee Jeong-gi</li> <li>3rd son: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee" title="Lee Kun-hee">Lee Kun-hee</a>, 2nd chairman of <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a>, father of 3rd and present Samsung chairman <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Jae-yong (businessman)">Lee Jae-yong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Shilla" title="Hotel Shilla">Hotel Shilla</a> president <a href="/wiki/Lee_Boo-jin" title="Lee Boo-jin">Lee Boo-jin</a></li> <li>5th daughter: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee" title="Lee Myung-hee">Lee Myung-hee</a>, spouse of Chung Jae-eun, chairwoman of <a href="/wiki/Shinsegae" title="Shinsegae">Shinsegae</a> group and mother of <a href="/wiki/Chung_Yong-jin" title="Chung Yong-jin">Chung Yong-jin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Lee's children with Kuroda </p> <ol><li>4th son: Lee Tae-whi</li> <li>6th daughter: Lee Hye-ja</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_Byung-chul&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.hoamfoundation.org&rft.atitle=Ho-Am+Byung-chull+Lee+-+HOAM&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoamfoundation.org%2Feng%2Fhoam%2Fhoam_intro.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+Byung-chul" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lee_2006-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lee_2006_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lee_2006_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee2006" class="citation book cs1">Lee, Dongyoup (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=85MsfSLv4CAC"><i>Samsung Electronics: The Global Inc</i></a>. LEE Dongyoup. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-89-89664-03-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-89-89664-03-1"><bdi>978-89-89664-03-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Samsung+Electronics%3A+The+Global+Inc&rft.pub=LEE+Dongyoup&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-89-89664-03-1&rft.aulast=Lee&rft.aufirst=Dongyoup&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D85MsfSLv4CAC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+Byung-chul" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Everland-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Everland_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hoam.samsungfoundation.org/eng/info/main.html">Ho Am Art Museum, "Official Web Site"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110821021933/http://hoam.samsungfoundation.org/eng/info/main.html">Archived</a> 21 August 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lee-family-power-war-for-samsung-scandals-and-bribes-2015-6/#anwhile-he-had-started-to-groom-his-own-children-for-business-management-especially-his-only-son-lee-jae-yong-17">"Meet Samsung's billionaire Lee family, South Korea's most powerful dynasty"</a>. <i>Business Insider</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708110445/http://www.businessinsider.com/lee-family-power-war-for-samsung-scandals-and-bribes-2015-6#anwhile-he-had-started-to-groom-his-own-children-for-business-management-especially-his-only-son-lee-jae-yong-lee17">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 July</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Business+Insider&rft.atitle=Meet+Samsung%27s+billionaire+Lee+family%2C+South+Korea%27s+most+powerful+dynasty&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Flee-family-power-war-for-samsung-scandals-and-bribes-2015-6%2F%23anwhile-he-had-started-to-groom-his-own-children-for-business-management-especially-his-only-son-lee-jae-yong-17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+Byung-chul" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-26066975">"Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee wins inheritance case appeal"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 6 February 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140208164621/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-26066975">Archived</a> from the original on 8 February 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Samsung+boss+Lee+Kun-hee+wins+inheritance+case+appeal&rft.date=2014-02-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-pacific-26066975&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+Byung-chul" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150818001029">"[SUPER RICH] Lee Maeng-hee's death brings Samsung family together"</a>. 18 August 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170714163735/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150818001029">Archived</a> from the original on 14 July 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 July</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%5BSUPER+RICH%5D+Lee+Maeng-hee%27s+death+brings+Samsung+family+together&rft.date=2015-08-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreaherald.com%2Fview.php%3Fud%3D20150818001029&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+Byung-chul" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ffcc66;">Business positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><b>None</b></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Board">Chairman of the Board</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Group" 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