The Lee family (from Inheritance: Samsung): Part three

The Samsung dynasty faces a critical succession crisis between 1969 and 1976 as founder Lee Byung-chul navigates internal betrayal and leadership failures. Following the saccharin smuggling scandal, the eldest son, Lee Maeng-hee, proves temperamentally unfit for the chairmanship, while the middle son, Lee Chang-hee, faces suspicion for leaking sensitive financial information to the government. Amidst these tensions and the company's high-stakes pivot into semiconductors, Lee Byung-chul bypasses traditional primogeniture. He selects his youngest son, Lee Kun-hee—a reclusive, tech-focused individual—to lead the conglomerate. This decision shatters family expectations and sows the seeds for a deep-seated, multi-generational schism that threatens the stability of the entire Samsung empire.