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Shin Kyuk-ho

1921 - 2020

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Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean: 신격호; 3 November 1921 – 19 January 2020), known in Japan as Shigemitsu Takeo (重光 武雄), was a Zainichi Korean businessman known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation (Group), now one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. During the bubble economy of Japan from the 1980s to the 1990s, he became the fourth wealthiest person in the world according to American business magazine Forbes in 1988, setting the record for the greatest wealth ever achieved by a Korean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shin Kyuk-ho has received more than 356,870 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shin Kyuk-ho is the 167th most popular businessperson (up from 216th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 89th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South Korean Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Shin Kyuk-ho ranks 167 out of 847. Before him are Karl Albrecht, Johnny Kitagawa, Tomáš Baťa, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Paul Elvstrøm, and Salomon Mayer von Rothschild. After him are Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Stanley Ho, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Jack Daniel, Thomas J. Watson, and Axel Springer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Shin Kyuk-ho ranks 92. Before him are Gene Roddenberry, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Seretse Khama, Dirk Bogarde, Iris Apfel, and Donna Reed. After him are Stanley Ho, Herta Bothe, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Ariel Ramírez, Jim Garrison, and Raymond Goethals. Among people deceased in 2020, Shin Kyuk-ho ranks 96. Before him are Manu Dibango, Roger Scruton, George Blake, Wim Suurbier, Chadwick Boseman, and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. After him are Stanley Ho, Ernesto Cardenal, Gérard Houllier, Peter Green, Florian Schneider, and Jerry Stiller.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Shin Kyuk-ho ranks 82 out of 1,128. Before him are Yi I (1536), Han Duck-soo (1949), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), Psy (1977), Lee Soo-man (1952), and Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957). After him are Jang Bogo (787), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Heo Jeong (1896), Kim Bu-sik (1075), and Chung Hong-won (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In South Korea

Among businesspeople born in South Korea, Shin Kyuk-ho ranks 4. Before him are Sung Jae-gi (1967), Lee Byung-chul (1910), and Lee Kun-hee (1942). After him are Choi Soon-sil (1956), and Lee Jae-yong (1969).

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