Lee Jay-hyun
CJ Corporation
$1.33B
$31.1M (2.4%)
as of 05/29/25
About Lee Jay-hyun
Lee Jay-hyun is chairman of the CJ Group, a conglomerate that operates the country's largest food and beverage company, CJ Cheiljedang.
He is the eldest grandson of the late Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull; CJ officially separated from Samsung in 1997.
In 2015, Lee Jay-hyun was convicted and sentenced to two and a half years in jail on embezzlement and tax evasion charges.
In 2016, he was pardoned by then president Park Geun-hye and returned to his post in 2017. He is facing a new tax evasion probe in 2025.
Personal stats
Citizenship
South KoreaSource of wealth
food products, entertainmentResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
03/19/60 (age 65)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingLee Jay-hyun’s fortune is worth
22K
troy ounces of gold
20K
median U.S. household
13K
median U.S. income
0.027%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
United States debt
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His CJ Group began as a sugar mill and boosted domestic sugar production just after the end of the Korean War.
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KOREA | 097950-KR
CJ CheilJedang Corp.KOREA | 001040-KR
CJ CorporationKOREA | 035760-KR
CJ ENMKOREA | 051500-KR
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