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Meet Samsung's billionaire Lee family, South Korea's most powerful dynasty

Jun 21, 2015, 21:13 IST

Sabotage, espionage, succession battles, and sibling rivalries - it sounds like a season of "Game of Thrones." But it's the real-life drama of the Lee family, the Korean dynasty that founded Samsung with wealth equal to 17% of the country's GDP, according to Bloomberg.

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The sprawling Samsung empire, which does far more than just make phones, has grown into its third generation of leadership, with current chairman Lee Byung-chul's son, Lee Jae-yong, poised to build on top of his father's foundation.

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