Chairman Lee Jae-hyun Holds 35th Memorial Ceremony for Hoam Lee Byung-chul in Jangchung-dong

On the morning of the 18th, Lee Jae-hyun, Chairman of CJ Group, attended the 35th anniversary memorial service for Hoam Lee Byung-chul, the founding chairman of Samsung, held at Seonyeong near Hoam Museum of Art in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do. / Photo by Joint Press

[Asia Economy Reporter Noh Kyung-jo] Lee Jae-hyun, chairman of CJ Group, held a memorial ceremony at around 6 p.m. on the 19th at the old house in Jangchung-dong, Seoul, on the 35th anniversary of the death of Hoam Lee Byung-chul, the founding chairman of Samsung.

Lee Jae-hyun, the great-grandson of the founding chairman, has held the Hoam memorial ceremony annually in Seoul, separate from the memorial service.

This year, since it has only been about two weeks since the passing of Lee’s mother, Son Bok-nam, an advisor to CJ, the ceremony was held simply with close family members.

The memorial service was held the day before, and not only CJ but also the heads and executives of the broader Samsung affiliates including Samsung, Shinsegae, and Hansol visited the ancestral graves near the Hoam Museum of Art in Yongin to pay their respects.

The 'Samsung Sanghoe,' founded by the founding chairman in 1938 as an exporter of fruits and dried seafood, became the root of Samsung C&T Corporation today. Cheil Jedang, which started in 1953 with the sugar business, became the origin of CJ Group.

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