Han Jong-Hee, Samsung Electronics Executive, Dies at 63
The New York Times
Mr. Han was co-chief executive and oversaw the company’s consumer electronics business since 2021.
Han Jong-Hee, the co-chief executive of Samsung Electronics and a nearly four-decade veteran of the South Korean consumer technology giant, died on Tuesday.
Mr. Han, who was 63, suffered a sudden heart attack, according to a company spokeswoman.
Mr. Han had since 2022 shared chief executive duties with the head of Samsung’s semiconductor business, most recently Jun Young-Hyun. Mr. Jun was named the sole chief executive of Samsung Electronics on Tuesday following Mr. Han’s death, the company said in a public notice.
Mr. Han had run Samsung’s consumer electronics business since 2021 and a year later added the digital appliance operation to his brief. He also had been a member of the board. Previously he oversaw the group that makes the visual displays for Samsung’s wide variety of electronic devices.
Mr. Han graduated from Inha University in Incheon, South Korea, with a degree in electrical engineering. He joined Samsung in 1988 shortly after the death of its founder, Lee Byung-chull, during a pivotal period in the company’s history.
Mr. Lee’s son and successor pushed Samsung relentlessly to weather the technological changes of the 1990s and 2000s to dominate the market for flat-screen displays and mobile phones.
