Samsung owner family marks 5th anniversary of late chairman’s death

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong and other owner family members of Samsung Group commemorated the fifth anniversary of late Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s death on Friday. According to Samsung Group, Chairman Lee, Lee’s mother and Leeum Museum of Art Honorary Director Hong Ra-hee, Hotel Shilla President Lee Boo-jin, Samsung C&T President Lee Seo-hyun and other members of the Lee family attended the memorial ceremony in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. Boo-jin and Seo-hyun are younger sisters of the Samsung chairman. Along with the family members, about 150 current and former executives, including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun, Samsung C&T CEO Oh Se-chul and Samsung Life Insurance CEO Hong Won-hak, also visited the late chairman’s grave. After the memorial ceremony, Chairman Lee and the heads of Samsung affiliates held a luncheon in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to pay tribute to former Chairman Lee. Lee died on Oct. 25, 2020, after spending more than six years in medical care due to a heart attack in 2014. He became the second chairman of Samsung Group in 1987 aWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times