A big question mark hangs over Korea’s top conglomerate, the Samsung Group.
With its chairman Lee Kun-hee ill and bedridden for the past two years, succession looms large at the colossal corporate empire, which alone accounts for roughly a fifth of the nation’s economy.
The market knows who the successor is — Lee’s only son Jae-yong — but has little clue as to what steps the group will take to pass on control to him.
To be sure, Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Electronics vice chairman, has been the group’s acting chief, filling in for his father ever since he suffered a nearly fatal heart attack in May 2014.
It is a widely known secret that the 48-year-old is behind the group’s recent bold restructuring moves that entailed high-profile splits,…
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