Our story begins with a horse. Well actually three horses. Their names were Rousing,

Salcedo, and Vitana. And they lived at an equestrian center in a small town in Germany.

These were special horses, the kind used to train for elite, dressage competitions. And

the woman who rode them was a young South Korean who had hopes of competing in the 2020 Olympics,

which she did until 2016. Park and his approval rating has plummeted to an all-time low. The South

Korean President embroiled in a scandal that has thousands of protesters calling for her resignation.

It turned out those horses were part of an extensive bribery and corruption scandal

that eventually led to the impeachment and conviction of South Korea's president. So who ponied

up for Rousing, Salcedo, and Vitana? The heir apparent of tech giant Samsung has become a criminal

suspect in a whiteening corruption probe in golfing South Korean president Park Gun-hee.

Why would the heir apparent of Samsung spend millions of dollars on some horses? Well,

it's only the latest twist to a story about one family that's tried for decades to hold onto

the reins of one of the world's largest companies. From business insider, this is Bratubod.

Brands you can trust. Brands you know, stories you don't. I'm Charlie Herman.

Samsung doesn't just make flat screens and smartphones. It's a company that has defined South Korea

for decades. Behind the brand are three generations of men, a grandfather, father, and son,

who turned a vegetable and dried fish shop into a global empire. But what happens when that family

business becomes too big? And what does it mean for South Koreans when the leaders of that

company keep ending up in court charged with corruption? Stay with us.

Jeff Recane is a foreign correspondent and author of a new book, Samsung Rising. When he moved to

South Korea in 2009, he quickly realized that Samsung was a big deal. It makes everything.

If you were to stand on a street corner and look around, pretty much everybody would have either

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