Samsung said on Thursday that its board has approved the appointment of Jay Y Lee, the de facto leader of the Samsung business group, as executive chairman of Samsung Electronics.
According to Samsung, the board cited the current uncertain global business environment and the "pressing need for stronger accountability and business stability" in approving the recommendation by board chairman Kim Han-jo to name Lee as executive chairman.
Samsung also said that there will be no ceremony or inaugural speech to mark the appointment. This is a denial of some media reports that claimed there was going to be an inaugural ceremony on November 1, which Samsung considers as the founding date of Samsung Electronics, its flagship company.
The 54-year-old Lee's appointment as executive chairman comes ten years after he was named vice chairman of Samsung Electronics back in December 2012, which signaled that he would inherit the top spot from his father Lee Kun-hee. The elder Lee's official position had also been Samsung Electronics chairman.
The younger Lee has been the effective leader of Samsung since 2014 when his father suffered a heart attack and became incapacitated. The elder Lee remained in the hospital until 2020 when he passed away at the age of 78.
Jay Y Lee, who also goes by Lee Jae-yong, is the grandson of Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chull, the father of Lee Kun-hee. Second-generation chairman Lee Kun-hee is largely credited for turning Samsung from a small contract...
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