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Hee Sook Lee (Hee Sook Hong) was born on 24 June, 1959 in Seoul, South Korea, is a businesswoman. Discover Hee Sook Lee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Hee Sook Hong
Occupation Businesswoman
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 24 June 1959
Birthday 24 June
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Date of death July 18, 2020
Died Place Los Angeles
Nationality South Korea

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Hee Sook Lee Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Hee Sook Lee worth at the age of 61 years old? Hee Sook Lee’s income source is mostly from being a successful businesswoman. She is from South Korea. We have estimated Hee Sook Lee's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income businesswoman

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2020

In early 2020, when Parasite won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, director Bong Joon-ho and other members of the film's cast and crew went to BCD Tofu House on Wilshire Boulevard, after the awards ceremony. The restaurant stayed open 24 hours for take-out orders, and donated soup to needy elderly people and essential workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1994

Hee Sook Hong was born in Seoul, the daughter of Young Pyo Hong and Chun Ja Park. Her father was a teacher; after he became disabled, Hee Sook and her mother worked in restaurants to support the household. She studied graphic design and graduated from Santa Monica College in 1994.

1989

Lee moved to the United States in 1989, with her husband and children. She was founder of the popular BCD Tofu House chain of Korean restaurants, named for the Buk Chang Dong neighborhood of Seoul, where her husband's mother had a restaurant. Her first restaurant opened in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles in April 1996. The house specialty, soondubu-jjigae, was made from her own secret recipe. Her chain expanded to include more than a dozen locations, including restaurants in Dallas and New York's Koreatown. Kits for making her signature soup are sold in Korean-American supermarkets.

1983

Hee Sook Hong married lawyer and restaurant owner Tae Ro Lee in 1983. The couple had three sons. Lee died in Los Angeles in July 2020, aged 61 years, from ovarian cancer. Her son Eddie Lee became interim executive of the family's restaurant business.

1959

Hee Sook Lee (June 24, 1959 – July 18, 2020), born Hee Sook Hong, was a South Korean-born American businesswoman and founder of the BCD Tofu House chain of restaurants.