Samsung Chairman Stable After Surgery Following Heart Attack
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Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun Hee, who helped generate almost a quarter of South Korea’s GDP by propelling a copycat manufacturer into Asia’s biggest technology company, is in stable condition after surgery following a heart attack.
Mr. Lee, 72, was operated on early Sunday at Samsung Medical Center after being resuscitated the previous night at Soonchunhyang University Hospital following an acute myocardial infarction, Rhee So Eui, a spokeswoman for Samsung Group, said in an e-mailed statement. Lee, who was treated for lung cancer in 2000, underwent a procedure to help him get more oxygen after experiencing difficulty breathing on Saturday.
After taking over the Suwon, South Korea-based business in 1987, Mr. Lee built it into the world’s largest maker of smartphones, televisions and memory chips, becoming South Korea’s richest man in the process. In 2012, he appointed his son, Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman, and his daughter, Lee Boo Jin, president of affiliate Hotel Shilla Co. as Samsung Group grew into South Korea’s biggest conglomerate.
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