Lee Boo-Jin Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$1,500,000,000

Lee Boo-Jin, the eldest daughter of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-Hee, has a net worth of $1.5 billion. Known for her remarkable entrepreneurial skills and often called ‘the little Lee Kun-Hee,’ Lee Boo-Jin’s biggest asset is an 8.4% share in the family’s company, Samsung Everland, estimated at around $900 million. She also holds stakes in various Samsung affiliates and a 4.2% stake in IT services provider Samsung SDS, valued at $250 million.

Key facts:

Lee Boo-Jin is a South Korean businesswoman and the eldest daughter of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-Hee.

She has proved to have remarkable entrepreneurial skills, just like her father, and is even sometimes called 'the little Lee Kun-Hee'.

She landed a managerial position at Hotel Shilla, which was set up by Lee Byung-chull, Samsung Group's founder, within just six years of joining the Samsung Foundation in 1995.

In 2012, Lee Boo-Jin successfully launched the first Louis Vuitton boutique installed in a duty-free shop at Korea's Incheon International Airport. This achievement earned her the rights to manage the duty-free shops in Singapore's Changi Airport.

In addition to her role in the family's company, Samsung Everland, where she holds an 8.4% share valued at around $900 million, she also holds stakes in various Samsung affiliates.

Lee Boo-Jin has further diversified her business interests by opening various cosmetics shops under the name Sweet May in Macao and Hong Kong in 2013.