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Lee Jae-yong

1969 - Today

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Lee Jae-yong (Korean: 이재용; Hanja: 李在鎔; born June 23, 1968), anglicized as Jay Y. Lee, is a South Korean business magnate and convicted felon who has been serving as the executive chairman of Samsung Electronics since October 2022. He is the only son of Lee Kun-hee and Hong Ra-hee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Jae-yong has received more than 554,240 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lee Jae-yong is the 519th most popular businessperson (down from 422nd in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 194th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lee Jae-yongs by language

Over the past year Lee Jae-yong has had the most page views in the with 333,356 views, followed by Korean (195,354), and Chinese (79,394). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (266.28%), Portuguese (237.58%), and English (222.49%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lee Jae-yong ranks 519 out of 847. Before him are Sam Altman, Alexei Mordashov, Gilbert Kaplan, Irene Rosenfeld, Christopher O'Neill, and Marvin Heemeyer. After him are William Henry Vanderbilt, Manolo el del bombo, Sheryl Sandberg, Isabella Beeton, Leo Burnett, and David Baszucki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Lee Jae-yong ranks 221. Before him are Vlad Filat, José Chamot, Ken Jeong, Andrej Panadić, Anies Baswedan, and Jennifer Ehle. After him are Akebono Tarō, Toby Stephens, Stefan Schwarz, Sheryl Sandberg, Kim Rossi Stuart, and Georgiy Gongadze.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Jae-yong ranks 264 out of 1,128. Before him are Lee Wan-koo (1950), Choi Kang-hee (1959), Ku Hye-sun (1984), Park Bo-young (1990), Kim Jung-eun (1976), and Kim Joo-sung (1966). After him are Kim Jung-nam (1943), Heo Mok (1595), Song Il-gook (1971), Jeon Do-yeon (1973), Moon Geun-young (1987), and Im Yoon-ah (1990).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In South Korea

Among businesspeople born in South Korea, Lee Jae-yong ranks 6. Before him are Sung Jae-gi (1967), Lee Byung-chul (1910), Lee Kun-hee (1942), Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), and Choi Soon-sil (1956).

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