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
TitleCEO of Hotel Shilla
Spouse
Im Woo-jae
(m. 1999; div. 2020)
[4]
Children1
Parent(s)Lee Kun-hee
Hong Ra-hee
RelativesLee Jae-yong (brother)
Lee Jay-hyun (cousin)
Korean name
Hangul
이부진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationLee Bujin
McCune–ReischauerI Puchin

Lee Boo-jin (Korean이부진; born October 6, 1970) is a South Korean billionaire businesswoman who is the president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla, 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]

  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". Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2020 – via Yonhap News Agency.
  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.