Hong Ra-hee

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Hong Ra-hee
Born (1945-07-15) 15 July 1945 (age 78)
Education Seoul National University
OccupationBusinesswoman
Spouse Lee Kun-hee
Children Lee Jae-yong
Lee Boo-jin
Lee Seo-hyun
Lee Yoon-hyung
Parent(s) Hong Jin-ki (1917–1986) (father)
Kim Yoon-nam (1924–2013) (mother)
Korean name
Hangul
홍라희
Hanja
洪羅喜
Revised Romanization Hong Ra-hui
McCune–Reischauer Hong Ra-hŭi

Hong Ra-hee (born 15 July 1945) is a South Korean billionaire businesswoman who is the director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. [1] She is the widow of Lee Kun-hee, who was the richest person in South Korea. She is known as the most powerful art collector in South Korea. [2]

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Career

Hong graduated from Seoul National University. She majored in Applied Arts. [3] She is the co-founder of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, which she has built with her husband in 2004. Hong's collection includes Lee Ufan, Do-ho Suh, Whanki Kim, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol.

Hong began her career at JoongAng Ilbo Publishing from 1975 to 1980.

She served as a Chairperson of Samsung Arts and Cultural Foundation since 1995.

Family

Her daughters are joint presidents of Samsung C&T Corporation, while her daughter Lee Seo-hyun oversees Samsung's fashion division, and her other daughter Lee Boo-jin oversees the resort division, which included the Everland Resort. Her father Hong Jin-ki was chairman of JoongAng Ilbo, and also an identified Chinilpa. Her brother Hong Seok-hyun is the ex-CEO of JoongAng Media Group. It is now run by Hong Jeongdo, Hong's nephew.

Her ex-daughter-in-law was Lim Se-ryung, the daughter of Daesang Group's chairman Lim Chang-Wook. Lim was married to Hong's son Lee Jae-yong in 1998 and divorced in 2009. [4]

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