Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Waseda University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Profile
Lee is chairman of the world's largest electronics manufacturing company
(nearly $188 billion in revenue in 2012). He wields significant
influence in Asia -- Samsung is arguably Asia's best known brand -- and
Silicon Valley. The South Korean manufacturer makes chips for Apple
while the two tech giants are also locked in bittier patent-related
legal battles. Lee is Korea's No. 1 richest person and this
February he won an inheritance court case initiated by his two older
siblings. Lee took over the chairmanship of the company in 1987 after
his father died.
