As per our current Database, Lee Myung-Hee is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Lee Myung-Hee is 81 years, 3 months and 17 days old. Lee Myung-Hee will celebrate 82rd birthday on a Friday 5th of September 2025. Below we countdown to Lee Myung-Hee upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Lee Myung-Hee |
| Occupation | Fashion and Retail |
| Age | 79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | September 05, 1943 (Seoul, South Korea, South Korea) |
| Birthday | September 05 |
| Town/City | Seoul, South Korea, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korea |
Lee Myung-Hee’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Lee Myung-Hee was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Lee was born in Uiryeong County to Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul and his first wife Park Du-eul as the youngest of eight children. She attended Ewha Girls' High School and then majored in art at Ewha Womans University before marrying. After ten years of being a homemaker she became a sales executive at Shinsegae Department Store in 1979 and then its Chairwoman in 1997 after the company was separated from Samsung.
During her time as chairwoman Lee has been fined on three separate occasions. The first was in 2006 for 350 billion won ($300 million) after she hid 800 billion wons worth of stock under different names. In 2012 by the Fair Trade Commission fined Lee 4 billion won ($3.4 million) for charging different transaction fees. Then in 2015 she was fined 70 billion won for hiding 380,000 company shares worth 80 billion won ($68 million) under different names.
