Lee Byung-chul
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
| Lee Byung-chul | |
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| Hangul: |
이병철
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| Hanja: |
李秉喆
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| Revised Romanization: | I Byeong-cheol |
| McCune-Reischauer: | I Pyŏngch'ŏl |
Lee Byung-chul (February 12, 1910 – November 19, 1987) was the founder of the Samsung Group. He was the son of a wealthy landowning family who used his inheritance to open a rice mill for his first venture. That endeavor was not especially successful so he established a trucking business in Taegu on March 1st, 1938, which he named Samsung. He attended college at Waseda University in Tokyo, although he did not complete his degree.
Current satellite groups include CheilJedang Group, Hansol Group, the bankrupt Saehan Media Group, and the Shinsegae Group.
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