Lee Kun-hee

About

Best known as the Chairman of Samsung, this successful South Korean businessman made Forbes Magazine's 2013 List of The World's Most Powerful People.

Before Fame

After earning an undergraduate economics degree from Waseda University, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University.

Trivia

South Korean president Lee Myung-bak pardoned Lee Kun-hee for his involvement in the Samsung bribery scandal of 2008.

Family Life

Several of his children, including Lee Jae-yong and Lee Boo-jin, also became prominent business executives. His father, Lee Byung-chul, founded Samsung in the late 1930s.

Associated With

He and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon were the two most powerful South Koreans of 2013, according to Forbes Magazine.