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Industry | Confectionary, beverages, hotels, retail, construction, entertainment |
Founded | August 15, 1948 |
Founder | Shin Kyuk-ho |
Areas served | Worldwide |
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Website | www www.lotte.co.kr |
Lotte Group is a corporate group started by Zainichi Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-ho in Tokyo on June 28, 1948, starting with the Japanese Lotte Co., composed of Lotte Holdings (Japan) and Lotte Corporation (South Korea).[1][2] Shin expanded Lotte to his ancestral country, South Korea, with the establishment of Lotte Confectionery in Seoul on April 3, 1967.