Han Jong-Hee, the co-chief govt of Samsung Electronics and an almost four-decade veteran of the South Korean client expertise big, died on Tuesday.
Mr. Han, who was 63, suffered a sudden coronary heart assault, in accordance with an organization spokeswoman.
Mr. Han had since 2022 shared chief govt duties with the top of Samsung’s semiconductor enterprise, most lately Jun Younger-Hyun. Mr. Jun was named the only real chief govt of Samsung Electronics on Tuesday following Mr. Han’s demise, the corporate stated in a public notice.
Mr. Han had run Samsung’s client electronics enterprise since 2021 and a 12 months later added the digital equipment operation to his temporary. He additionally had been a member of the board. Beforehand he oversaw the group that makes the visible shows for Samsung’s large number of digital gadgets.
Mr. Han graduated from Inha College in Incheon, South Korea, with a level in electrical engineering. He joined Samsung in 1988 shortly after the demise of its founder, Lee Byung-chull, throughout a pivotal interval within the firm’s historical past.
Mr. Lee’s son and successor pushed Samsung relentlessly to climate the technological modifications of the Nineties and 2000s to dominate the marketplace for flat-screen shows and cellphones.
Samsung is the biggest and most profitable of the conglomerates referred to as chaebol that remodeled South Korea’s economic system into a world export powerhouse. Samsung Electronics accounts for a good portion of the nation’s exports. Samsung is without doubt one of the hottest manufacturers within the world smartphone market, the place it competes with Apple and Xiaomi. Additionally it is the world’s largest maker of reminiscence chips utilized in every little thing from electrical vehicles and good watches to superior synthetic intelligence servers.
Mr. Han is survived by his spouse and three kids, the corporate stated. A funeral could be held on the funeral corridor of Samsung Seoul Hospital on Thursday, the spokeswoman stated.
