Lee Soo-man

Lee Soo-man
Lee in 2019
Born (1952-06-18) 18 June 1952 (age 72)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Business executive
  • record producer
Known forFounder of SM Entertainment
Spouse
Kim Eun-jin (formerly known as Kim Ji Hye)
(m. 1984; died 2014)
Children2
Relatives
AwardsEungwan Order of Cultural Merit (2011)

Lee Soo-man (Korean이수만; Hanja李秀滿, born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul.[1] He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of the pioneers of the Korean Wave.[2] Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University. In 1989, he founded SM Entertainment, which has since become one of the largest entertainment companies in the country.

  1. ^ Chandler, Michele (1 April 2011). "Lee Soo Man: Taking Korean Pop Culture Global". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ^ Jeon, A-ram (7 December 2017). 'SM 수장' 이수만, 2017 코틀러 어워드 '최고경영자상' 수상 ['SM Chief' Lee Soo-man wins the 2017 Kotler Awards 'CEO Award']. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2018 – via Naver.

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