Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-hee, 63, passes away due to heart attack

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics
said Tuesday that its co-CEO Han Jong-hee, sixty-three, passed away due to a heart attack.

He headed Samsung’s digital home equipment department, as well as its device experience unit, which includes mobile phones and domestic home equipment.

Han joined Samsung in 1988, growing through the ranks over time and turning into the head of the product studies and improvement group in the agency’s visible display division in 2011. He became appointed CEO in 2022, in step with the organisation’s website.

The enterprise, in a statement, credited Han with helping Samsung grow to be a global leader in the TV business and for contributing to the employer’s increase as an executive in the course of a challenging commercial enterprise environment.

“Our private condolences are together with his circle of relatives and loved ones in the course of this tough time,” Samsung said.
Han, one of all four govt directors on Samsung’s board, had hosted the corporation’s annual widespread shareholders meeting in Suwon, South Korea, simply one week ago, fielding questions about the organisation’s negative inventory performance.

The organisation said Jun Young-hyun—who was appointed as co-CEO in November last year—turns into the sole CEO.
Samsung’s ultimate 12 months introduced adjustments within the leadership of its memory and foundry chip divisions amid intense opposition in the semiconductor area, appointing Jun as co-CEO and head of the memory chip arm.