B.C. Lee

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194 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 29 Apr

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In the last few years, the business had expanded rapidly.

In 1969, it had begun making televisions.

Samsung Electronics had been born.

Refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, rice cookers all soon followed.

But all that needed huge investment in research and development, factories, people.

Add to that the gamble the tech business had just taken on semiconductors.

Who knew when or if that would pay off?

The technology is constantly advancing, with computer chips doubling in efficiency and power on a regular basis.

That makes it a risky bet and an expensive one.

It takes a lot of cash to develop this tech.

And if you're not as quick as your rivals, then your efforts might not be worth all that much.

Jake Kwan is a journalist in the BBC's news team in Seoul.

BC Lee wonders if he really wants to burden any of his children with this responsibility.

Let's imagine the Lee family is all sat around a large wooden dining table.

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Lee, the eldest and highest ranking, begins his meal first.

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Lee's children are here, his sons and his five daughters.

But there's no way any of them, astute though some are, could inherit the kingdom.

In South Korean chaebol culture, women simply don't assume those kinds of positions.

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