Shin Kyuk-ho (3 November 192119 January 2020), known in Japan as Takeo Shigemitsu, was a South Korean businessman and embezzler known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation, one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. In December 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison after he was convicted of embezzling 128.6 billion won (119 million USD) from Lotte. However, Shin was allowed to remain free given his poor health.
- Occupation
- entrepreneur, autobiographer
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Born
- November 3, 1921
- Died
- January 19, 2020
