3.Jay Y. Lee
Making it into the top 3 richest people in South Korea is Jay Y. Lee.
Net Worth: $5 Billion
Source: Electronics/tourism
Jay Y. Lee is the vice chairman and future successor of Samsung Group. His father, Lee Kun-hee is the Chairman of Samsung, and we will find out more about him later in the article!
The Crown Prince of Samsung, as he is called, has made 4 million TVs in less than a decade, starting at Samsung in 1991.
The company is battling Apple in the smartphone fight, and controls 31% of the worldwide market. The two companies are fighting for who stole the design from the other, and more recently, who comes the first with the smash-hit smart-watch.
