Английская Википедия:Hi Duk Lee
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Hi Duk Lee (July 29, 1939 – March 7, 2019) was a Korean-born American businessman. He owned more than 40 businesses in Koreatown, Los Angeles, including Korean grocery stores, restaurants and a hotel. He became known as the "pioneer" of Koreatown.[1]
Life
Lee was born in 1939 in Korea,[1] where his parents were farmers.[2] He studied engineering in Korea and worked in West Germany in 1966–1968.[2] Lee emigrated to the United States in 1968, settling in Los Angeles, California.[1][3][4]
Lee developed what came to be known as Koreatown, or "Second Seoul", in Los Angeles.[4] As early as 1971, he built the Olympic Market, "one of the first Korean-owned groceries in Los Angeles", at Olympic Boulevard and Normandie Avenue.[3] He subsequently built over 40 grocery stores and restaurants in Korean Village, as well as the VIP Hotel at 3000 West Olympic Boulevard, but he went bankrupt in 1982.[3]
With his wife Kil Ja, Lee had a son, Roger, and two daughters, Susan and Helen. He died of colon cancer on March 7, 2019, in Silver Lake, at age 79.[3][4]
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