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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Han Jong-Hee, a senior Samsung
Electronics executive credited with elevating the company's
television business, died Tuesday, the company said. He was 63.
Han, a co-chief executive who oversaw the company’s consumer
electronics and mobile devices businesses, died at a hospital
after being treated for a heart attack, Samsung said.
Han joined Samsung in 1988 and spent most of his career in
TV-related divisions, during which the company became the
world’s leading TV manufacturer. He was appointed co-vice
chairman and CEO in 2022.
Samsung, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has
dual strengths in components and finished consumer products. The
company had separate CEOs for its two major business divisions,
the other being computer chips, which are all under the broader
leadership of third-generation corporate heir and chairman Lee
Jae-yong.
Jun Young Hyun, the semiconductor chief executive, will now take
over Han’s duties as the company’s sole CEO, Samsung said in a
regulatory filing.
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