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Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

He also headed the company's merged mobile and consumer electronics
division.

Mariella Moon
mariella moon
Contributing Reporter
Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 7:00 AM*1 min read
      
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One of Samsung's CEOs, Jong-hee Han, has died due to a heart attack,
according to Reuters and CNBC. He was 63. Han joined the company in
1988 and became the head of product research and development for
visual display in 2011. He then led Samsung's TV business before he
was named as the head of Samsung DX, which is what the company calls
its merged mobile and consumer electronics divisions, in 2021. In
2022, he officially became the company's Vice Chairman and CEO. Han
had no experience in mobile before he started leading the company's
DX group, but Samsung gave him credit for helping it get to the top
of global TV sales for 15 years.

CNBC says Han was one of the executives who hosted Samsung's annual
general shareholders meeting just a week ago and answered questions
about the company's poor stock performance. During the meeting, Han
apologized to the shareholders, telling them that Samsung "failed to
adequately respond to the rapidly evolving AI semiconductor market."
He also told the shareholders that Samsung was having difficulties
when it came to semiconductor-related mergers and acquisitions due to
regulatory issues, but that the company was "determined to produce
some tangible results this year."

Based on the notice Samsung published, Han's co-CEO Young-Hyun Jun is
now the sole CEO of the company. Jun, who also heads Samsung's
semiconductor business, was appointed as Han's co-CEO in November
2024. It's not clear whether Samsung is planning to appoint another
CEO in the future.

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