Samsung co-CEO dies of heart attack
Kyiv • UNN
Han Jong-hee, co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 63. He joined the company in 1988 and made a significant contribution to the development of the television business.
Han Jong-hee, senior executive of Samsung Electronics and co-CEO of the company, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 63. This is reported by UNN with reference to Reuters.
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Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday that "co-CEO Han Jong-hee died of a heart attack, leaving newly appointed executive Chung Eui-hyun to single-handedly manage the technology giant as it reorganizes its inefficient chip manufacturing business and deals with trade uncertainty," the publication writes.
Han Jong-hee joined Samsung in 1988 and spent most of his career in the television divisions. It was then that the company became the world's leading television manufacturer. He was appointed co-CEO in 2022.
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Samsung is one of the world's largest technology companies, with separate CEOs for its two main business units. Han was responsible for consumer electronics and mobile business. The computer chip division was headed by third-generation corporate heir and chairman Lee Jae-yong.