| Hong Ra-hee | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1945 7, df=yes | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Jeonju, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Lee Kun-hee | ||||||||||||
| Children: | Lee Jae-yong Lee Boo-jin Lee Seo-hyun Lee Yoon-hyung† | ||||||||||||
| Parents: | Hong Jin-ki (1917–1986) (father) Kim Yoon-nam (1924–2013) (mother) | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Businesswoman | ||||||||||||
| Education: | Seoul National University | ||||||||||||
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Hong Ra-hee (; born 15 July 1945) is a South Korean billionaire businesswoman who is the director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art.[1] She is the widow of Lee Kun-hee, who was the richest person in South Korea. She is known as the most powerful art collector in South Korea.[2]
Hong graduated from Seoul National University. She majored in Applied Arts.[3] She is the co-founder of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, which she has built with her husband in 2004. Hong's collection includes Lee Ufan, Do-ho Suh, Whanki Kim, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol.
Hong began her career at JoongAng Ilbo Publishing from 1975 to 1980.
She served as a Chairperson of Samsung Arts and Cultural Foundation since 1995.
Her daughters are joint presidents of Samsung C&T Corporation, while her daughter Lee Seo-hyun oversees Samsung's fashion division, and her other daughter Lee Boo-jin oversees the resort division, which included the Everland Resort. Her father Hong Jin-ki was chairman of JoongAng Ilbo, and also an identified Chinilpa. Her brother Hong Seok-hyun is the ex-CEO of JoongAng Media Group. It is now run by Hong Jeongdo, Hong's nephew.
Her ex-daughter-in-law was Lim Se-ryung, the daughter of Daesang Group's chairman Lim Chang-Wook. Lim was married to Hong's son Lee Jae-yong in 1998 and divorced in 2009.[4]