Lee Go-ni, chairman of Samsung Group, South Korea dies “Charismatic manager” October 25, 12:38
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Group, the largest conglomerate in South Korea, who has grown the core Samsung Electronics into one of the world's leading companies, has passed away.
I was 78 years old.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics announced on the 25th that Chairman Lee Go-ni died while being watched by his family.
Chairman Lee is the third son of the founder of Samsung Group, and after studying at Waseda University, he became the chairman of the group in 1987 after working as an executive of an affiliated company.
With strong leadership, he has led the group for many years, growing the core Samsung Electronics into one of the world's leading companies in fields such as semiconductors and smartphones, and was known as a charismatic manager representing Korea.
For the past few years, he hasn't appeared in public due to poor physical condition, and his eldest son, Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, has been in charge of steering the management as the de facto leader.
The Samsung Group has a great influence on the Korean economy, and the Korean media has reported the death of Chairman Lee one after another.