# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-myung-hee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:43:46.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-myung-hee"
name: "Lee Myung-hee"
slug: "lee-myung-hee"
description: "Lee Myung-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited with growing it into the country's second-largest retailer. With an estimated net worth of $840 million she is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was ranked 20th on Forbes 2017 list of 50 Richest Koreans."
tagline: "South Korean businessperson; chairwoman of Shinsegye Group"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EC%9D%B4%EB%AA%85%ED%9D%AC_%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9_%ED%9A%8C%EC%9E%A5_Lee_Myung-Hee.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1943-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.512444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee"
    title: "Lee Myung-hee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%87%D9%8A"
    title: "لي ميونغ هي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "লি মিউং-হি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee"
    title: "Lee Myung-hee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%DB%8C"
    title: "لی میونگ-هی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee"
    title: "Lee Myung-hee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-hee"
    title: "Lee Myung-hee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%AA%85%ED%9D%AC_(1943%EB%85%84)"
    title: "이명희 (1943년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12611389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump