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Samsung heirs' legacy plan: $11 billion in tax, 23,000 artworks

The Lee family's estate is valued at around $23 bn; private art collection donated to the public

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A news channel shows a file image of the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee, centre, and his daughters, in Seoul on Wednesday Photo: AP/PTI

Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang | Reuters Seoul
The family of late Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Chairman Lee Kun-hee said on Wednesday they will pay over 12 trillion won ($10.8 billion) in inheritance tax for his estate and donate his vast private art collection to state curators.
 
Lee, who is credited with transforming Samsung into the world's largest smartphone and memory chip maker, died on Oct.
 
25 with an estate local media valued at around 26 trillion won.
The inheritance tax bill - one of the largest-ever in South Korea and globally - has been closely watched due to its potential to dilute the family's controlling

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