Samsung Group late Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s Jindo dog preservation project is getting a renewed spotlight as the group’s guide dog school marks its 30th anniversary this year. According to industry sources, the late Samsung patriarch acquired 30 Jindos in the late 1960s and strove to increase its population and raise its global awareness. “I spent days working with breeders, consulting with foreign ex.
Samsung Group’s guide dog school, which began operations after the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s new management declaration in September 1993, celebrated its 30-year anniversary Tuesday. Samsung held a ceremony commemorating the occasion at Samsung Guide Dog School in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, sharing gratitude for the late chairman’s insights, philosophy and passion for his dogs. Lee Kun-hee established K.
Lee Jae-yong, who was promoted from vice chairman to chairman of Samsung Electronics, the crown jewel of Samsung Group, on Oct. 27, faces the daunting task of weathering multiple challenges, including a chip market slump, legal risks and finding new growth engines to keep the nation s largest conglomerate competitive. To this end, industry experts stressed that Lee needs to fill the chipmaker s board with directors capable of fiercely discussing the direction of the industry, while rallying mid-level executives to proactively detect rapidly-changing global trends.
Lee Jae-yong, grandson of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chul and the group s de facto leader, was promoted to chairman of the group s crown jewel affiliate Samsung Electronics Thursday. His promotion was approved at a board meeting earlier in the day. The 54-year-old is the third chairman of the world s top memory chipmaker, succeeding his founder-grandfather and his father Lee Kun-hee. “The Board of Directors of Samsung Electronics today approved the appointment of Lee Jae-yong as executive chairman of the company. The board approved the appointment, which was recommended by Independent Director and Board Chairman Kim Han-jo,” Samsung Electronics said in a statement.
Samsung Electronics is poised to employ a new personnel management system starting in 2022 that could foster young executives, in a move to lay the groundwork for a “New Samsung” era under Samsung’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong, the South Korean tech giant said Monday.