Lee Boo-jin

Lee Boo-jin
Lee in 2024
Born (1970-10-06) October 6, 1970 (age 54)[1][2] [3]
Seoul, South Korea[1]
EducationYonsei University
OccupationBusinesswoman
Years active1995–present
TitleCEO of Hotel Shilla
Spouse
Im Woo-jae
(m. 1999; div. 2020)
[4]
Children1
Parents
Relatives
See list
Korean name
Hangul
이부진
Hanja
李富眞
Revised RomanizationI Bujin
McCune–ReischauerI Pujin

Lee Boo-jin (Korean이부진; born October 6, 1970) is a South Korean businesswoman who is the president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla since 2010, one of Seoul's leading hotels and conference centers. Lee has been dubbed by the media as "Little Lee Kun-hee" and is regarded as a successful businesswoman for her work in Hotel Shilla.[5] She is the younger sister of Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong,[6] and the older sister of Lee Seo-hyun, chairman of Samsung Welfare Foundation.[7][full citation needed]

She is among the richest people in South Korea. In December 2024, Forbes estimated her net wealth as US$2.3 billion and ranked her 13th richest in the country.[8]

  1. ^ a b "[Who Is ?] 이부진 호텔신라 대표이사 사장". Business Post (in Korean). May 10, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ^ The Investor<[1]>
  3. ^ "Forbes profile: Lee Boo-Jin". Forbes. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Lee, Min-ji (January 27, 2020). "Top court upholds divorce of Samsung chairman's eldest daughter". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Baek, Byung-yuel (October 27, 2020). "Will heiresses separate from Samsung empire?". The Korea Times. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  6. ^ 강, 민경 (September 29, 2017). 호감가는 여성 CEO 1위 이부진 호텔신라 사장 [Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin tops the list of likable female CEOs]. 인사이트코리아 (in Korean). Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  7. ^ 윤, 진우. 삼성복지재단, 이서현 신임 이사장 선임. Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lee Boo-jin". Forbes. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

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