Profil Financier
Lee Ho-jin occupe actuellement le rang #3115 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur conglomérats & diversifié). Fortune nette estimée : $1.2 B (-$173 sur 24h).
Lee Ho-jin is a former chairman of Taekwang Industrial, a manufacturer that became synonymous with Korea's textile and petrochemical prowess.
He rose to chairman after his oldest brother, Lee Sik-jin, died. He has now stepped down and is reportedly struggling against liver cancer.
In 2011, he was sentenced to 54 months in prison for embezzling $128 million from the company but has been out on bail due to his illness.
In 2019, Lee was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust. He was pardoned in 2023.
Lee is credited for diversifying the group into media and entertainment.
His mother sold clothes in a Busan market and provided the seed money to start Taekwang, which began as a textile company.