Jay Y. Lee

Samsung names Jay Y Lee executive chairman amid global economic downturn

Samsung Electronics has appointed Jay Y. Lee as the executive chairman to lead the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, two months after the heir received a presidential pardon that

Samsung heir receives presidential pardon in a bid to ‘overcome economic crisis’

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee will receive a presidential pardon on Monday, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said, paving the way for the heir to the country’s biggest comp

Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee sent back to prison in bribery case

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is back in prison following a retrial of his 2017 conviction in a bribery case that helped lead to the downfall of former South Korean president Park Geun-

Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces nine-year sentence in bribery case

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces a nine-year prison term in the bribery case that contributed to the downfall of former president Park Guen-hye. Prosecutors argued that the length of

Hearings begin in Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee’s accounting fraud trial

The trial of Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee, who is accused of accounting fraud and stock-price manipulating, held its first hearing today at the Seoul Central District Court. The Seoul Central District Co

South Korean court denies prosecutors’ arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Jay Lee

A South Korean court denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Group heir apparent Jay Y. Lee, saying that although prosecutors secured “a considerable amount of evidence,” it was still

Prosecutors seek arrest warrant against Samsung heir Jay Lee

South Korean prosecutors said on Thursday that they have filed an arrest warrant for Samsung Group’s anointed heir Jay Y. Lee and two other former company executives as part of a sprawling inves

Crunch Report | Samsung Heir Apparent Found Guilty

Samsung heir apparent is found guilty of embezzlement, Go-Jek closes a $1.2 billion round and the Google Pixel could be coming October 5th. All this on Crunch Report.

Crunch Report | Samsung Vice Chairman Arrested

Samsung's vice chairman is arrested on bribery charges, Beepi closes down and sells off its operations and reports show that Theranos might be winding down. All this on Crunch Report.

South Korea court opts not to arrest Samsung exec Jay Y. Lee over bribery charges

There’s a small glimmer of sunshine for what has been an extremely gloomy year for Samsung. A court in Seoul’s Central District has rejected an arrested warrant for Samsung vice-chairman/heir-

Crunch Report | Samsung Leader Bribery Charges

Xiaomi admits company grew too fast, Samsung's leader Jay Y. Lee is issued an arrest warrant, SpaceX successfully launches and lands a Falcon 9 and Airbus is exploring flying taxis. All this on Crunch

Samsung’s heir apparent to take a company board seat

Samsung has made a significant move among its leadership ranks after Jay Y. Lee, son of company chairman Kun-Hee Lee and its expected future leader, was nominated to the company's board.