Samsung heir Lee inherits key portion of patriarch’s stake
JOYCE LEE STAKES in Samsung Electronics and affiliates held by its late chairman were divided among his family and appear to bolster the control of his son and the company's vice chairman, Jay Y. Lee, regulatory filings have shown. This is the first time the information has been publicly disclosed since Lee Kun-hee, credited with turning Samsung into the world's largest smartphone and memory chip maker, died last October. Lee Kun-hee in 2017. Picture: pars down/Flickr The inheritance was shared by his son Jay Y. Lee, daughters Lee Boo-jin and Lee Seo-hyun, and wife Hong Ra-hee. Jay Y. Lee's stake…