And he let's look at his legacy on the path ahead for the titan of Tech.

This Children, The Realities Leave was the richest person in South Korea.

He helped grow the conglomerate his father built from a noodle trading business into a global powerhouse with assets worth $375 billion.

Samsung Group's affiliate stretch from electron ICS and insurance to shipbuilding and construction, Reuters calculated the group's 2019 revenue was worth around 17% of the entire country's GDP.

While praised for his leadership, Lee was no saint, was convicted of bribery and tax evasion.

He and his empire were vilified for wielding huge clout, opaque governance and dubious transfers of the family wealth he leaves behind potentially thorny succession issues for the third generation.

Sprawling family run conglomerates are at the heart of South Korea's transformation into one of the world's biggest exporters.

They're known as JABAL, meaning wealth click in Korean alongside Samsung.

They also include the likes of LG and High and I.

Lee's net worth was $20.9 billion according to Forbes.

It's unclear how his three Children and wife will split his wealth, an issue that led to family feuds at other Gables.

His son, Jay y Lee, is air apparent on the de facto leader but has been embroiled in legal troubles of his own.

He served jail time for his role in a bribery scandal, which triggered the impeachment of then President Park Guen.

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Whether the Lee family can keep their grip on Samsung Group remains in question as they grapple with a Siris of obstacles.

These are some of the issues they face.

Firstly, there's Samsung Electron ICS the jewell in the conglomerates crown the families combined.

Direct stake ownership is only 5.8% on that of Jay y Lee, just 0.7%.

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Outsized control is made possible through shareholdings in other group affiliates.

They'll try to inherit the late chairman steak, but they're facing a hefty inheritance tax bill.

If the family inherits least stocks, the total is estimated to top over $9 billion.

That's raised expectations for steak sales on a potential restructuring of the sprawling business empire.

Then there's legal hurdles posed by proposed legislation affiliate Samsung Life could be forced to sell about $20 billion in shares in Samsung Electron ICS that would cripple the Lee family's grip on the chip maker.

The passage of the law remains uncertain.

It could be unpopular with retail investors ahead of a presidential election in early 2022.