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  1. Mar 2, 2022 · Miky Lee, vice chair of CJ ENM and heiress to Samsung fortune, is Variety's International Media Woman of the Year. She talks about her passion for cinema, her vision for global content and her role in Korean pop culture phenomena such as \"Parasite\" and \"Squid Game\".

    • Who Is Miky Lee?
    • Controversy Over Arts 'Blacklist'
    • Parasite Win The Culmination of A Life-Long Dream
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    Also known by her Korean name, Lee Mi-kyung, Miky Lee is an heiress turned media mogul. She is the granddaughter of Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung — now South Korea's largest and most profitable company. The irony wasn't lost on Adam Lashinsky, who noted in an article for Fortune: She is the vice chair of production company CJ Entertainment...

    Ms Lee's family and company went through a tumultuous time from 2013, after the election of former president Park Geun-hye, who was later impeached and removed from office in 2017. Ms Park had vowed to crack down on "chaebol" — South Korean monopolies and conglomerates. Amid the crackdown, CJ Group chairman and Ms Lee's brother, Lee Jay-hyun, whom ...

    Ms Lee oversees a $US4.1 billion ($6.1 billion) entertainment empire. But her dream, according to Wired in 2013, was "to see people around the world enjoying Korean culture". Ms Lee was born in Tennessee in the United States and moved to Seoul with her family at the age of three. She studied humanities and languages in Korea, Taiwan and Japan, befo...

    Miky Lee is the granddaughter of Samsung founder and a media mogul who backed the Oscar-winning film Parasite. She faced controversy and embezzlement charges in South Korea's arts blacklist scandal.

  2. Meet Miky Lee, the South Korean Mogul Conquering Hollywood | Tatler Asia. She co-produced Parasite, brought K-pop to the West and helped launch Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks. Now, she’s throwing her weight behind a new museum of cinema in Los Angeles.

  3. Feb 10, 2020 · So who is Miky Lee? Only the most powerful media mogul in South Korea. Here are seven nuggets to know about the 61-year-old heiress who took her share of the family fortune and grew it into a...

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  4. Feb 14, 2020 · CNN —. When Miky Lee was growing up in South Korea in the 1960s, American movies and television were everywhere. When she turned on her black-and-white television – American content. When she...

  5. Feb 17, 2020 · You may be familiar with director Bong Joon-ho after Parasite secured the coveted Oscar award for best picture this season, but less is known internationally about the film’s executive producer,...

  6. Oct 24, 2023 · Learn how Miky Lee, a Samsung heiress and DreamWorks investor, built a global film and TV empire in South Korea. Discover how CJ Group dominates the local and international markets with its movies, TV shows, music, and more.