Lee Byung-chul
South Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Lee Byung-chul turned a small trading company into Samsung in 1938, eventually building South Korea's biggest conglomerate from the ground up. His name became shorthand for postwar Korean industrial muscle.
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Lee Byung-chul was a South Korean businessman who founded the Samsung Group, the country's largest chaebol (conglomerate). Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28. He is widely recognized as one of the most successful business magnates in South Korean history.
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