Samsung Owner, Lee Kun-hee, Dies At 78

Lee Kun-hee of Samsung diedYesterday at 78. Mr Lee who built Samsung into a global giant of smartphones, televisions and computer chips but was twice convicted - and twice pardoned- for white collar crimes committed along the way, died on Sunday in Seoul, the South Korean Capital. New York Times.

Lee Kun-hee of Samsung Dies at 78; Built an Electronics Titan

Mr. Lee was convicted — and pardoned — twice for white-collar crimes, in a sign of the ills in South Korea’s relationship with its business dynasties


Samsung announced the death but did not specify the cause. Mr. Lee had been incapacitated since a heart attack in 2014.