Lee Kun-hee, chairman of South Korea's largest technology company Samsung Electronics, died in Seoul on Sunday at the age of 78. "Lee transformed Samsung from a local business into a world-leading innovator and industrial power," the company said in a statement. Have deep sympathy for relatives and close ones. His legacy will last forever. He was the son of Lee Beung-chul, the founder of the Lee Samsung Group, who was born on January 9, 1942, in Owing County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Lee suffered a heart attack in 2014 and has been hospitalized ever since.