Shin kyuk ho biography books
Shin kyuk ho biography books
Shin dong-bin!
Shin Kyuk-ho
South Korean businessman (–)
In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Shin Kyuk-ho (Korean:&#;신격호; 3 November &#;&#; 19 January ), 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 s to the s, he became the fourth wealthiest person in the world according to American business magazine Forbes in ,[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 , and he died in [6][7][8]
Career
Shin was born in Ulsan, Korea,