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Lee Kun-hee

1942 - 2020

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Lee Kun-hee (Korean: 이건희; Hanja: 李健熙, Korean: [iːɡʌnɣi]; 9 January 1942 – 25 October 2020) was a South Korean business magnate who served as the chairman of Samsung Group from 1987 to 2008, and again from 2010 until his death in 2020. He is also credited with the transformation of Samsung to one of the world's largest business entities that engages in semiconductors, smartphones, electronics, shipbuilding, construction, and other businesses. Since Lee Kun-hee became the chairman of Samsung, the company became the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones, memory chips, and appliances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Kun-hee has received more than 2,285,026 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lee Kun-hee is the 73rd most popular businessperson (up from 95th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Businessperson.

Lee Kun-hee is most famous for being the chairman of Samsung Electronics.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lee Kun-hee ranks 73 out of 601. Before him are Jakob Fugger, Calouste Gulbenkian, Larry Ellison, Boris Berezovsky, Kiichiro Toyoda, and Estée Lauder. After him are Paul Allen, Liliane Bettencourt, Akio Morita, Louis Vuitton, Li Ka-shing, and Adnan Khashoggi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Lee Kun-hee ranks 62. Before him are Maurizio Pollini, Jacob Zuma, Martin Seligman, Arto Paasilinna, Bob Hoskins, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. After him are Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Leo Beenhakker, René Angélil, Hissène Habré, and Thabo Mbeki. Among people deceased in 2020, Lee Kun-hee ranks 36. Before him are Lee Teng-hui, Kenzō Takada, Qasem Soleimani, Oliver E. Williamson, Jiří Menzel, and Brian Dennehy. After him are Mary Higgins Clark, Dmitry Yazov, Rob Rensenbrink, Little Richard, George Steiner, and Michael Lonsdale.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Kun-hee ranks 47 out of 944. Before him are Lee Byung-chul (1910), Dangun (-333), Hyejong of Goryeo (912), Sin Saimdang (1504), Jang-geum (1550), and Gim Yu-sin (595). After him are Hyeokgeose of Silla (-69), Pak Hon-yong (1900), Heungseon Daewongun (1820), Yi I (1536), Kim Ki-duk (1960), and Nam June Paik (1932).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In South Korea

Among businesspeople born in South Korea, Lee Kun-hee ranks 2. Before him are Lee Byung-chul (1910). After him are Sung Jae-gi (1967), Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), Choi Soon-sil (1956), and Lee Jae-yong (1969).

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