SEOUL -- When Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee died in October at age 78 after a long hospitalization, the wealth he left behind was of little concern to his bereaved wife and children as they publicly grieved his loss.
Dressed in mourning clothes, the remaining members of South Korea's richest business family greeted well-wishers paying respects to the man credited with turning Samsung -- once known for cheap household appliances -- into a global tech powerhouse.
