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| In this Feb. 5, 2010, file photo, Lee In-hee attends the 100th birth anniversary of late Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul at the Hoam Art Hall in Seoul. Yonhap |
By Park Si-soo
The elder sister of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, Lee In-hee, died on Wednesday aged 90.
She had served as an adviser to Hansol Group, once part of the Samsung Group.
Lee ― born in 1929 in Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang Province ― was the first-born child of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chull who had four sons and six daughters.
She married Cho Woon-hae, former chairman of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, in 1948 and had five children ― three sons and two daughters.
She contributed much to Samsung's growth in the 1970-80s and to Hansol in the 1990s. Her third son, Dong-gil, leads Hansol.
Lee co-founded the Dooeul Scholarship Foundation to support talented Korean women
She is survived by her five children.
Her funeral is scheduled for Feb. 1 at Samsung Medical Center.
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