The Samsung group, the largest business conglomerate in South Korea, announced today the death at the age of 78 of its president, Lee Kun-hee, the richest man in the country who had been admitted to a Seoul hospital since 2014 due to a heart attack that left him incapacitated.
Samsung said in a statement that Lee "passed away on October 25 accompanied by his family, including vice president (of the group) Jay Y. Lee," known as Lee Jae-yong and that, as heir to the empire his father ran, he has He has been in charge of the conglomerate since his father was bedridden more than six years ago.
