Who is Miky Lee, driving force behind Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film Parasite?
If you want to be a K-pop idol, Miky Lee’s the person to know; her grandfather founded Samsung, and she was an early investor in Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks
You may be familiar with director Bong Joon-ho after Parasite secured the coveted Oscar award for best picture this season, but less is known internationally about the film’s executive producer, Miky Lee, who has been a driving force for Korean cinema and entertainment for the past two decades.
Lee Mi-Kyung, as 61-year-old Miky is also known, has amassed an entertainment empire driven by her love of cinema and Korean culture.
Here are five things you should know about the entertainment mogul.
She has an impressive CV
In 1997, she was selected as one of the Global Leaders for Tomorrow Community members by the World Economic Forum. In 2006, she was the first Asian woman to win a World Business Award at the Women’s World Awards in New York City. A year later, Miky was named CEO of the Year by the Korean Management Association.
Her grandfather started Samsung
Her grandfather, Lee Byung-chul, is the businessman who founded Korean conglomerate Samsung. Her father managed CJ Group, which was initially just a sugar manufacturing branch of Samsung, until it formally separated in 1997.
Miky Lee runs CJ Group as vice-chair, furthering the progress of the Korean entertainment industry with its subsidiary, CJ E&M.
She was an early investor in Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks
