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In a court ruling in July 2017, Lee was ordered to pay her ex-husband Im Woo-jae $7.6 million, as part of their divorce settlement, with Lee receiving sole custody of their son. [14] Im allegedly counter-sued and sought $1.1 billion as a division of assets, one of the largest amounts ever requested in an asset split trial in South Korea.
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a bribery case against the heir of the Samsung Group should be reviewed by a lower court, raising the possibility of a tougher sentence and ...
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee's vow to end dynastic succession at South Korea's biggest conglomerate following three generations of family control sparked skepticism in some quarters and worry in ...
A South Korean court ruled SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won must pay more than $1 billion to his estranged wife as part of their planned divorce, sending shares in the group's holding firm surging ...
Lee was born in Washington, D.C., United States to Lee Kun-hee and Hong Ra-hee. [6]He attended Kyungbock High School.He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian history from Seoul National University, [7] and his Master of Business Administration degree from Keio University, which is a rival University of his father and grandfather's alma mater Waseda University, Tokyo. [8]
Since Lee became the chairman of Samsung, the company became the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones, memory chips, and appliances. He was the third son of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul. With an estimated net worth of US$21 billion at the time of his death, [1] he was the richest person in South Korea, a position that he had held since ...
A South Korean judge overseeing Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee's bribery trial told him on Friday to "humbly accept" whatever the outcome of the trial, which could result in a tougher sentence for ...
Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong, a billionaire dubbed the “Crown Prince of Samsung,” is going back to prison in South Korea for his role in a 2016 corruption scandal that brought down a president.