Few people know, behind the flashy appearance of the “Samsung princess” is a private life full of bondage and loneliness. Lee Yoon Hyung once loved a son deeply before going to the US to study, wanted to get married but was forced to break up by his tycoon parents.
Looking at the glamorous life of the children of the tycoons, many people once envied their luck when they were “born at the finish line”. They not only enjoy a materially affluent life, they are also equipped with many skills, knowledge, and relationships that ordinary people can hardly meet.
However, hidden behind these luxuries and fame are terrifying pressures. For those who are not strong enough, those pressures can be “the straw that crushed the camel”.
The unfortunate youngest daughter of Samsung Group is such a case.
The youngest princess studied well, graduated from a prestigious school
Referring to Samsung, people immediately think of one of the largest and most powerful corporations in Korea. Samsung not only contributes a lot to the industry in this country but also has influence around the world. Not only contributing to the economy, Samsung also partly affects the social, cultural and media life of Korea.
Mr. Lee Kun Hee is the founder of Samsung Group. He has 4 children who are the 3rd generation famous in the Korean chaebol world, including the eldest brother Lee Jae Yong and 3 talented younger sisters, Lee Boo Jin, Lee Seo Hyun and Lee Yoon Hyung.
Like her 3 older siblings, Lee Yoon Hyung is considered the “youngest princess” when she has been exposed to the elites of society since childhood. She was educated in the best environments.
Lee Yoon Hyung is not only very good at studying and knows many foreign languages. She graduated from Ehwa Women’s University, majoring in French.
This is a prestigious private university for women in the heart of Seoul, Korea. This school is the cradle of brave Korean businesswomen and politicians; is the destination of the daughters of the leading families in the land of kimchi.
This prestigious school has 15 out of 32 Korean female ministers as graduates here, accounting for 46.8%, and 17 out of 40 female members of the 17th National Assembly of Korea, accounting for 42.5 %. Along with that, many excellent business faces have also studied here, such as Lee Myung-hee – Chairman of Shinsegae Group, Hyun Jeong-eun – Chairman of Hyundai Group…
The “youngest princess” of Samsung herself, after graduating from Ehwa, continued to study in the US, studying a master’s degree in Arts Administration at New York University – one of the largest private non-profit universities in the country. America.
This shows that Lee Yoon Hyung was facilitated by his family to access high-quality education at an early age.
When she was alive, she was very pampered by her parents. At the age of 14, her family bought shares in Samsung. By 2003, she owned shares of up to 191 million USD at that time.
Life is as short as a beautiful flower but quickly fades at the age of 26
Lee Yoon Hyung was once known as a lady who lived a personality, openness. She shares her luxurious yet colorful personal life on a website called “Cute Yoon Hyung”. The site is becoming more and more popular and she herself has a strong fan base.
However, after only a while, she was forced to close the website and stop sharing her life because it might negatively affect the image of the Samsung family.
Not only limited in terms of her own life, the youngest princess of Samsung is also forbidden by her family in love. While studying at Ehwa Women’s University, she once had a crush on a guy from a commoner background. However, because the subject could not be registered, everyone in the family strongly objected to this love affair.
At the end of 2005, Lee Hyun Young had to say goodbye to her lover and went to the US to study abroad. In the US, her family let her live in the East Village luxury apartment complex, Manhattan, always accompanied by a driver and personal bodyguard.
Life in the US is surprisingly short, lasting only 11 days. Later, it was discovered that Lee Hyun Young had passed away at his home. Her body was discovered by a friend at 3 am. At that time, Lee Yoon Hyung was only 26 years old.
According to the initial announcement of the Samsung representative announced, she died due to a traffic accident. However, after the media in Korea and the US learned, they said that the New York police had confirmed: In recent times, there have not been any traffic accidents in the city with the victim’s name. It’s Lee Yoon Hyung.
Also in 2005, Samung was entangled in a series of scandals. In September, Lee Kun Hee (Lee Yoon Hyung’s father) flew to the US under the pretext of “treatment for lung cancer”, but was actually to avoid court summons. The president is accused of bribing South Korean presidential candidates.
In October 2005, two Samsung executives were given suspended sentences for manipulating the stock market. In early November 2005, Samsung was accused of manipulating the price of flash memory chips in the US, and had to pay a fine of $300 million. In the midst of the “tragedy”, Lee Kun Hee worried that the truth about the departure of the youngest daughter would negatively affect the group. He intentionally covered up the incident, covering it up with a bogus car accident.
After all, Samsung finally confirmed that the “little princess” died by suicide on November 19, 2005.
During his time in America, Lee Yoon Hyung fell into a serious depression. She often locked herself in her house and isolated 4 walls, even a week without stepping out on the street. The main cause is said to be due to the great pain from the forbidden love of the family.
Lee Yoon Hyung’s funeral was held quietly with the attendance of her brother and 2 sisters. Sadly, even though her parents were present in New York, they could not come to see their daughter off because according to Korean culture, parents do not attend the funeral of their children if they die unmarried.
