Boo-jin Lee
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Boo-jin Lee

Korea 55 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Samsung
Industry
Service
Residence
Seoul
Organization
President and CEO at Hotel Shilla
Education
Yonsei University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
1

Assets

  • Cheil Industries
    5,831,000 shares @ -
    -
    028260-KR
  • Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    55,532,000 shares @ -
    -
    005930-KR
  • Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    -9,016,000 shares @ -
    -
    005930-KR
  • Samsung Life Insurance
    13,840,000 shares @ -
    -
    032830-KR
  • Samsung Life Insurance
    -6,920,000 shares @ -
    -
    032830-KR
  • Samsung SDS
    1,512,000 shares @ -
    -
    018260-KR

Biography

Lee Boo-jin is the president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla, one of Seoul's top lodging and conference centers.

Hotel Shilla­ is also the country's biggest duty-free operator after Lotte.

Lee Boo-jin has also served as an advisor for the trading department of Samsung C&T, her family's de-facto holding company.

Daughter of late Samsung Group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, she split her father's empire with her mother Hong Ra-hee, brother Jay Y. and sister Seo-hyun.

About

She is the eldest daughter of Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee and has been nicknamed "little Kun-Hee" by the local press for her business acumen.

She is also sister to Jay Y. Lee, who had been running Samsung Group before being jailed for bribery and embezzlement charges.