Shin Kyuk-ho | |
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신격호 | |
 Shin in 1964 | |
| Born | 3 November 1921 |
| Died | 19 January 2020 (aged 98) Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | Waseda University (Jitsugyo High and kōgakkō[1]) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder of Lotte Corporation |
| Children | 4, including Shin Dong-bin |
| Relatives | Shin Choon-ho (brother) Shin Dong-won (nephew) |
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 重光 武雄 | ||||||
| Kana | しげみつ たけお | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 신격호 | ||||||
| Hanja | 辛格浩 | ||||||
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Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean: 신격호; 3 November 1921 – 19 January 2020), known in Japan as Shigemitsu Takeo (重光 武雄),[2] was a Zainichi Korean businessman known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation (Group), now one of the largest chaebols in South Korea.[3]
During the bubble economy of Japan from the 1980s to the 1990s, he became the fourth wealthiest person in the world according to American business magazine Forbes in 1988,[4] setting the record for the greatest wealth ever achieved by a Korean.[5] Driven by a lifelong desire to contribute to his homeland, South Korea (Republic of Korea), his dream of the Lotte World Tower, the sixth tallest building in the world and the highest in the Korean peninsula, was realized in 2016, and he died in 2020.[6][7][8]
- ^ "[Who is ?] 신격호 롯데그룹 명예회장".
- ^ "Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk Ho's life from rags to riches to prison term". The Straits Times. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "신격호" [Shin Kyuk-ho]. Daum 100 (in Korean). Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "롯데 신격호회장 세계 4위 갑부랭크|개인자산 80억불…한·일에 42개기업 거느려|유지제품으로 출발 「롯데껌」으로 큰돈 벌어". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 9 July 1988. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ 조선비즈 (15 December 2022). "한-일서 사업 세계적 거부/신격호 롯데그룹회장(일요대담)". 조선비즈 (in Korean). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ ""한국 국격 높일 수 있다면…롯데월드타워, 이윤 안 남아도 된다"". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ 신호경 (3 May 2017). "신격호, '30년 꿈' 이뤘다…롯데월드타워 123층 직접 올라(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ 신호경 (3 May 2017). "신격호, '평생 숙원' 롯데월드타워 123층 올랐다". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 8 November 2023.