1.Lee Kun-Hee
And the winner, the richest man in South Korea, is Lee Kun-Hee.
Net Worth: $12.9 Billion
Source: Electronics/insurance
Lee Kun-Hee is the Chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Jay Y. Lee’s father, whom we’ve seen on the third place.
Lee Kun-Hee took over Samsung and the export company his father has founded 2 weeks after his father died. His brother Lee Maeng-Hee accused him of hiding billions’ worth of shares after their father’s death, but he dropped the lawsuit.
The Samsung company sold more than 314 million cellphones in 2013, worth $217 billion.
They were the richest men in South Korea!
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