Wapampando wa Gulu la Samsung Lee Kun-hee wamwalira lero ali ndi zaka 78, kampani yaku South Korea idalengeza, koma sanaulule chomwe chayambitsa imfa. Munthu amene anapanga opanga ma TV otsika mtengo kukhala imodzi mwa makampani ofunika kwambiri padziko lapansi, komanso anali ndi "zosokoneza" ndi lamulo, wapita kwamuyaya, ndani angalowe m'malo mwake?
Lee Kun-hee anatenga Samsung pambuyo pa imfa ya abambo ake (omwe anayambitsa kampaniyo) Lee Byung-chul mu 1987. Panthawiyo, anthu ankangoganiza za Samsung monga wopanga ma TV otsika mtengo ndi ma microwave osadalirika omwe amagulitsidwa m'masitolo ogulitsa. Komabe, Lee anatha kusintha kuti posachedwapa, ndipo kale mu 90s oyambirira kampani Korea South kuposa mpikisano Japanese ndi American ndipo anakhala player yaikulu m'munda wa tchipisi kukumbukira. Pambuyo pake, conglomerate idakwanitsanso kukhala msika woyamba wazowonetsa ndi mafoni am'manja apakati komanso apamwamba. Masiku ano, gulu la Samsung limapanga gawo limodzi mwa magawo asanu a GDP ya South Korea ndikulipira bungwe lotsogola lomwe likuchita nawo sayansi ndi kafukufuku.
Mutha kukhala ndi chidwi ndi
Gulu la Samsung lidatsogozedwa ndi Lee Kun-hee mu 1987-2008 ndi 2010-2020. Mu 1996, adaimbidwa mlandu ndikupezeka kuti ndi wolakwa pakupereka ziphuphu kwa Purezidenti wa South Korea, Roh Tae-woo, koma adakhululukidwa. Mlandu wina unabwera mu 2008, nthawi ino chifukwa chozemba msonkho komanso kubera ndalama, pomwe Lee Kun-hee pamapeto pake adavomera ndipo adatula pansi udindo wake pamutu wa bungweli, koma chaka chotsatira adakhululukidwanso kuti akhalebe ku International Olympic Committee. ndipo samalirani, kuti Masewera a Olimpiki a 2018 achitike ku Pyongyang. Lee Kun-hee anali nzika yolemera kwambiri ya South Korea kuyambira 2007, chuma chake chikuyembekezeka pa 21 biliyoni US madola (pafupifupi 481 biliyoni Czech Korona). Mu 2014, Frobes anamutcha munthu wa 35 wamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso munthu wamphamvu kwambiri ku Korea, koma m'chaka chomwecho adadwala matenda a mtima, zotsatira zake zomwe akuti akulimbana nazo mpaka lero. Izi zidamukakamizanso kuti achoke pamaso pa anthu, ndipo gulu la Samsung lidayendetsedwa bwino ndi wachiwiri kwa wapampando komanso mwana wa Lee - Lee Jae-yong. M’lingaliro lake, iye anayenera kuloŵa m’malo mwa bambo ake monga mkulu wa bungwe, koma nayenso anali ndi vuto ndi lamulo. Tsoka ilo, adachita nawo zachinyengo ndipo adakhala m'ndende pafupifupi chaka.
Ndani azitsogolera Samsung tsopano? Kodi padzakhala kusintha kwakukulu mu kasamalidwe? Kodi chimphona chaukadaulo chidzapita kuti? Nthawi yokha ndi yomwe idzatiuze. Komabe, chinthu chimodzi ndi chodziwikiratu, malo opindulitsa a "wotsogolera" wa Samsung sadzaphonya aliyense ndipo padzakhala "nkhondo" ya izo.
Chitsime: pafupi, The New York Times
