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FB Roundup: Samsung, Ferragamo, Swarovski

May 3, 2021

Samsung’s Lee family to pay $10.8 billion inheritance tax bill, Ferruccio Ferragamo passes leadership torch to brother Leonardo Ferragamo, Fifth-gen Robert Buchbauer declares Swarovski sustainability goals.

Samsung’s Lee family to pay $10.8 billion inheritance tax bill

The family of late Samsung patriarch Lee Kun-hee has unveiled an instalment plan to pay its 12 trillion won ($10.8 billion) inheritance tax bill, to include large donations to South Korean healthcare and museums.

FB Roundup: Sumner Redstone, Samsung, and Bhushan Steel

August 16, 2018

Redstone locks in CBS ownership, Samsung ramps up R&D spend, and Indian heir arrested over fraud allegations

Redstone locks in CBS ownership

Billionaire Sumner Redstone will make it difficult for his heirs to sell off media giants CBS and Redstone following his death.

The Redstone family’s National Amusements media group holds 79.8% of Viacom’s voting stock (about 10% of the equity) and 79.5% of the voting stock and 2.4% of the Class B stock of CBS Corporation (9.1% of the equity).

Samsung next gen Lee Jae-yong indicted on bribery charges

February 28, 2017

Second-gen Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman and heir apparent of electronics conglomerate Samsung, is to be indicted on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, according to prosecutors.

Second-gen Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman and heir apparent of electronics conglomerate Samsung, is to be indicted on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, according to prosecutors.

Earlier this month, the 48-year-old was arrested for his alleged role in providing about ₩43 billion ($37 million) to a friend of South Korean president Park Geun-hye to win state approval for a controversial 2015 merger.

South Korea’s court rules in favour of Samsung patriarch

February 1, 2013

A court in Seoul has ruled in favour of Samsung’s second-generation chairman ensuring the current family ownership of the world’s biggest maker of smart phones will remain in place.

The court ruled in favour of Lee Kun-hee, Samsung's second-generation chairman in three cases brought against him by five of his relatives, allowing Lee to hold on to $3.7 billion (€2.7 billion) worth of company shares that the plaintiffs had tried to obtain.

Next-gen promoted vice-chairman at Samsung Electronics

December 5, 2012

South Korean family-owned Samsung Electronics, the world's largest technology company by revenues, has promoted third-gen Lee Jae-yong to vice-chairman.

The grandson of company founder Lee Byung-chull and the only son of current chairman Lee Kun-hee, Jae-yong was already chief operating officer and president at the Suwon-based family business, which he joined in 1991.

South Korean families reap stock market rewards

March 26, 2012

Investors in two of South Korea’s largest family-owned conglomerates are likely reaping big rewards, thanks to shares in Samsung and Hyundai reaching record values this weekend.

According to Yonhap News Agency, stock held by Lee Kun-hee and his family in Samsung Group rose to around 13 trillion won (€8.61 billion) on Sunday (25 March).

Citing data by Cheabol.com, the report said share value was up by 25.4% compared to last year, largely due to a “bullish stock market”.

Family takes feud to court

February 15, 2012

Just days after it appeared the Bettencourt family had finally drawn a line under its family feud, another family squabble has made headlines.

This time, South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group is in the limelight, after the elder second-generation brother sued his younger sibling.

Lee - is he grooming a successor?

March 18, 2011

Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Lee Kun-hee, might just be grooming a successor. Third-generation Lee Jae-yong has been promoted to the role of president at the firm, after serving as executive vice president at Samsung Electronics.  

His sister Lee Boo-jin has also been promoted to president of Samsung Everland, chief executive of Hotel Shilla and advisor to Samsung C&T. Both announcements signal a step forward in the 68-year-old Lee’s succession plan.  

Former family chairman returns to Samsung warning of "real crisis"

March 24, 2010

Lee Kun Hee, the second-generation former chairman of family-controlled Samsung Group, will return to the business as chairman of Samsung Electronics after stepping down as in 2008 following a conviction for tax evasion.

Lee Kun Hee (pictured), the second-generation former chairman of family-controlled Samsung Group, will return to the business as chairman of Samsung Electronics after stepping down as in 2008 following a conviction for tax evasion. (Click here to read our coverage of the story)

Former Samsung chairman pardoned by South Korean president

January 4, 2010

Lee Kun Hee, the second-generation former chairman of family-controlled Samsung Group, received an official pardon last week for his conviction for tax evasion.

The family patriarch was given a three year suspended prison sentence in July 2008 after being found guilty of tax evasion.