Former AOL Exec David Eun Lands EVP Gig At Samsung

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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Ex-Googler and previously head of AOL Media and Studios – and I guess you could say the former boss of my boss’s bossDavid Eun has been appointed Executive Vice President at consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics.

At Samsung, Eun will be helping the company develop a ‘global media strategy’ for its array of digital TVs, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices.

Eun left – or was forced to leave – AOL in February 2011 after the company’s Media Group was restructured around Huffington Post after the latter’s $315 million acquisition by AOL.


Person: David Eun

As President of AOL Media and Studios, David Eun oversees AOL’s network of content sites, as well as the SEED.com publishing platform, the StudioNow video platform and AOL’s New York City and Los Angeles studios. In this role, Eun is responsible for AOL’s efforts to build one of the strongest large-scale journalistic organizations while becoming the leading publisher of high-quality content and journalism in the world. Eun joined AOL from Google, where he was responsible for global business development efforts...

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Website: samsung.com
Launch Date: 1969

Samsung is one of the largest super-multinational companies in the world. It’s possibly best known for it’s subsidiary, Samsung Electronics, the largest electronics company in the world.

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