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Lee Jae-yong

1969 - Today

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Lee Jae-yong (Korean: 이재용; born June 23, 1968) is a South Korean business executive who has served as the executive chairman of Samsung Electronics since October 2022. He is the only son of Lee Kun-hee and Hong Ra-hee. As of December 2024, Lee has an estimated net worth of US$8.2 billion, making him the richest person in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Jae-yong has received more than 881,623 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lee Jae-yong is the 518th most popular businessperson (down from 422nd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 194th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Businessperson.

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  • 54.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lee Jae-yong ranks 518 out of 847. Before him are Robert Trump, Sam Altman, Alexei Mordashov, Gilbert Kaplan, Irene Rosenfeld, and Christopher O'Neill. 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 265 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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