Lee Soo-man is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on June 18, 1952 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean music producer and entertainment industry entrepreneur who founded SM Entertainment Group.
His SM Entertainment Group record label produced hit albums by the South Korean boy band Super Junior, which featured the vocal and dance talents of Eunhyuk .
Lee Soo-man (born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean record producer and executive, best known as the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company based in Seoul, South Korea. He has also been referred to as the “president of culture”, as he pioneered the Korean Wave. Lee debuted as a singer in 1971, while he was a student at Seoul National University. He founded SM Entertainment in 1989, which becomes one of the largest record labels and management companies in South Korea.
In the early 1980s, Lee decided to leave the entertainment world in order to pursue a career in computer engineering. He went abroad to work on a master’s degree at California State University, Northridge, where he witnessed the rise of “superstars of the MTV generation” such as Michael Jackson. Inspired by the heyday of MTV in the United States, Lee set his sights on laying the foundation for the modern Korean pop music industry. In 1985, he returned to Korea “with a vision of what the Korean music industry could be.”
He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
