Samsung makes a woman president for the first time in its history

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It seems unbelievable that a company founded 84 years ago has never had a woman in one of its multiple president positions. For various cultural, social and other absurd reasons, women were not used to occupying leadership positions in a company , especially not when it comes to giant companies like Samsung.

Fortunately, the South Korean brand has taken a step forward in this regard by appointing Lee Young-hee president of global marketing for its mobile business (a department technically known as “Global Marketing Center for the Samsung Device eXperience”), in what is the first move to harness female talent for the top position in a department.

Lee Young-hee is the first female president of Samsung Electronics

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Lee Young-hee, who has worked at Samsung Electronics since 2007 after being part of L’Oreal , had been promoted to the position of vice president of her department in 2012. She has now been credited by Samsung with promoting the image and brand of Samsung Galaxy phones, promoting her to the position of president of the marketing division.

Considering that the marketing department is one of the most important within the company, Samsung hopes that other employees will see in Lee Young-hee a sign that anyone can be promoted and rewarded, regardless of gender . It’s worth noting that Samsung is currently undergoing a small-scale corporate shakeup carried out for the first time since the group’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, was promoted to CEO of the company in October.

Lee Young-hee is one of the 7 new presidents that Samsung has announced in recent months, although she is the only woman . Also, it should be noted that Han Jong-hee, vice president and co-CEO of Samsung, will take care of the home appliance unit that has been vacant since October when Lee Jae-seung had to leave it for personal reasons. So they could soon announce a new president for this position.

In short, it is great news that women are beginning to occupy the positions they deserve in large companies . We hope this will be repeated in other companies soon.

Source | YonHap News