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South Korea’s 50 Richest









































































        LEE HWA-KYUNG: MOVING TO THE SILVER SCREEN
        She controls one of the country’s oldest and most popular confectionery groups, Orion, whose revenue these days comes mostly from China. One of only five women
        on the list, Lee, No. 30, is the second daughter of Lee Yang-Koo, founder of Dongyang, the precursor to the group. She’s now running its entertainment subsidiary
        Showbox, which distributed the 2017 box oice hit A Taxi Driver, which raked in $85 million, making it the country’s second-highest-grossing film that year. Our
        estimate of her fortune includes the wealth of her husband, Dam Chul-Gol, Orion Holdings’ chairman, who holds a 28.7% stake; Lee holds 32.6%.


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