'Samsung's Youngest Executive' Indian Scientist Leaves Samsung Electronics

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jihee Kim] Pranav Mistry, an executive director from India who attracted attention as Samsung Electronics' 'youngest executive,' recently left the company.

On the 19th, Executive Director Mistry announced on his personal Twitter account, "After a 9-year journey at Samsung, I have decided to take on a new challenge," adding, "I am grateful to my Samsung colleagues who taught me so much."

Born in 1981, Executive Director Mistry graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and joined Samsung Electronics in 2012. Before joining, in 2009, he was included in MIT Technology Review's list of the '35 Most Influential Young Scientists in the World.' From the time he joined, he attracted attention as a 'genius scientist,' and two years after joining, in 2014, at the age of 33, he was promoted to Samsung Electronics' youngest executive director, drawing further interest. Last year, at age 39, he was promoted to executive vice president, setting the record again as the youngest executive vice president.

He served as head of Samsung Electronics' Wireless Business Division Global Think Tank Team and Research America Think Tank Team, and most recently was the head of the in-house venture Star Labs, responsible for commercializing Samsung's future technologies, leading the artificial human 'NEON' project.

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