Net worth
$35B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
Latest moves
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Recent SEC filings
This person doesn't file with the SEC.
Footprint
Companies
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.KRX · Executive chairman · 1.669% · as of undated MarketScreener shareholder table viewed 2026-09-24
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- Exchange
- KRX
- Role
- Executive chairman (since 2022); group leader. Group control runs via Samsung C&T (5.111%) and Samsung Life (8.513%) stakes in Samsung Electronics
- Stake
- 1.669% direct
- Stake as of
- undated MarketScreener shareholder table viewed 2026-09-24
Stakes
Samsung C&T Corporation (de facto group holding company; holds 5.111% of Samsung Electronics)
source ↗Samsung Life Insurance (holds 8.513% of Samsung Electronics)
source ↗Samsung Engineering (Samsung E&A)
source ↗Legal & regulatory
Supreme Court upheld acquittal on all 19 counts (market manipulation, breach of trust, accounting violations) tied to…
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- Supreme Court upheld acquittal on all 19 counts (market manipulation, breach of trust, accounting violations) tied to the 2015 Samsung C&T-Cheil Industries merger and Samsung Biologics accounting; lower courts had acquitted in Feb 2024 and Feb 2025. Ends his legal exposure
Earlier: jailed 2017 for bribery linked to ex-President Park Geun-hye's confidante, released 2018, re-sentenced to 2.5…
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- In full
- Earlier: jailed 2017 for bribery linked to ex-President Park Geun-hye's confidante, released 2018, re-sentenced to 2.5 years in 2021, pardoned 2022
Lee family paying about 12 trillion won (~$8.5B) inheritance tax following Lee Kun-hee's 2020 death
source ↗Lee family paying ~12 trillion won (~$8.5B) in inheritance taxes following Lee Kun-hee's 2020 death (installment…
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- Lee family paying ~12 trillion won (~$8.5B) in inheritance taxes following Lee Kun-hee's 2020 death (installment payments ongoing)
Research gaps: Tickers left null (not verified from a source seen). Percentage stakes in Samsung C&T, Samsung Life, SDS, Fire & Marine and E&A were not verified (Samsung IR and DART pages not reachable; web search budget exhausted). Samsung Electronics stake is from an undated MarketScreener table. No verified private deals, real estate, foundations (e.g., Samsung Foundation roles) or sourced 90-day watch items (e.g., Q3 2026 earnings date). No SEC person CIK (not a US filer).
What to watch
Lee family inheritance-tax installment payments and related share sales/pledges by family members
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