JAY Y. LEE
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JAY Y. LEE
POSITION: EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN COMPANY: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HEADQUARTERS: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
A controversial figure who was once jailed for corruption and subsequently pardoned by the president, Jay has overseen Samsung Electronics as its industrial strategy, centred around AI, has seen booming growth during the global buildout of AI infrastructure. Rising demand for memory chips in light of the AI boom is driving a historic 1,800 % profit forecast for the South Korean technology giant. Jay is South Korea’ s richest person, according to a recent Forbes report.
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Jay Y. Lee Executive Chairman
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