Miky Lee Biography & Net Worth

Miky Lee Biography & Net Worth

Miky Lee is a successful American South Korean businesswoman who is probably best known for her role as the executive producer of the movie ‘Parasite’. Prior to the success of this film, she has been involved in the film industry where she has worked on several notable films. But it was this masterpiece that shot her to the limelight and further expanded her status as a highly skilled film producer who likes to get involved in the entertainment industry when she’s not managing her other businesses. This article contains highly sought-after information and quality facts about Miky Lee. Read more to know who she is, what she stands for, how much she earns and how she has managed to become so successful as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Let’s go!

Miky Lee’s Biography & Career

Mie Kyung Lee was born in April 1958 in Michigan, United States. She attended notable educational institutions like Seoul University, Fudan University, and Harvard University.

Miky Lee carries the responsibility of overseeing the management and strategic direction of the entertainment and media department of Cheil Jedang Group. She has played the vital role of executive producer for many top films including ‘Parasite’, ‘Arctic Dogs’, ‘Lady Vengeance’, ‘The Host’, ‘Armor Hero Captor King’, ‘A Wedding Invitation’, ‘The Handmaiden’, ‘Bounty Hunters’, ‘Dragon Wars: D-War’, ‘The Chaser’, ‘Princess Strawberry Rabbit’, ‘The Last Stand’, ‘The Thieves’, ‘Masquerade’, ‘Take Point’, ‘The Young Messiah’, and more. She also served as the executive producer of the 2020 TV series ‘Snowpiercer’.

Lee is the vice chairperson of Cheil Jedang Group. She is primarily responsible for the general strategic direction and management of the company’s entertainment and media unit. Alongside her brother, Jay Lee, who serves as the chairman of Cheil Jedang Corporation, Miky founded the entertainment and media department of Cheil Jedang in the year 1994 after leading Cheil Jedang to become known as one of the founding investors in DreamWorks. Since then, Cheil Jedang has established many influential companies in the entertainment and media industry in Korea, including Mnet Media, CJ CGV, and CJ Media, with each leading in its specialized field. CJ CGV is known to be the first and biggest multiplex chain; Mnet Media is known to be South Korea’s first and only entertainment firm that bases all of its content on music such as live concerts, cable music television, and music distribution; CJ Media is the foremost cable network, running 7 cable channels with highest combined ratings.

Prior to joining Cheil Jedang, this ambitious and goal-driven woman served as the director of Samsung America, taking control of its cultural and educational projects. She built the Parsons School of Design in Seoul in Korea and oversaw the creation of a branch of the Arts Center College of Design for Samsung.

Awards & Achievements

In 2011 she got mainstream attention following her winning of the CinemaCon Award for Global Achievement in Exhibition. She has been broadly recognized for her global vision and for heading the largest entertainment group in Korea. In 1997, she was selected by the World Economic Forum as a member of the Global Leader for Tomorrow Community. At the Women’s World Awards in 2006, Lee made history as she became the first Asian woman to emerge winner of the World Business Award. She was one of the individuals that were selected by Variety in its Women’s Impact Report 2006 as a leading executive in the film industry. In 2007, Lee was honored by the Korean Management Association with the CEO of the Year Award in recognition of her success in managing one of the biggest and most advanced companies in Korea.

Her most popular film till date, “Parasite”, won her an Oscar Award under the category of Best Picture, and further stretched her fame and expanded her list of achievements.

Personal Life

She has always had a deep connection and interest in crosscultural affairs and education. She graduated from Seoul National University in 1981 earning her Bachelor of Arts degree. She also attended Taiwan National University and Japan’s Keio University where she studied Chinese and linguistics, and Japanese respectively. She graduated from Harvard University in 1986 earning her M.A. in Asian studies. She also attended Fudan University in China where she studied Chinese literature and history.

Miky Lee is the grandchild of B.C. Lee, the man who founded both Cheil Jedang and the Samsung Group.

She has divorced her husband Kim Seok-ki, and has no children. Miky Lee holds dual South Korean and American citizenship.

Miky Lee Net Worth

Lee is an American South Korean business mogul who has amassed a net worth of $500 million. She resides in Orange County, California, and has a huge compound in Beverly Hills. At around the same time she made a $300 million investment in DreamWorks, she started the construction of an enormous complex in Beverly Hills. The estate which is more than eight-acre large is known as Futureland. It was modeled after Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park which is owned by Samsung. The property has parking for around 100 cars, golf putting greens, and extensive views of the Coldwater and Benedict canyons, San Fernando Valley, and the Pacific Ocean.