Samsung heir Lee inherits key portion of patriarch's stake


FILE PHOTO: Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee reacts during a news conference regarding his resignation at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 22, 2008.REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -Stakes in Samsung Electronics and affiliates held by its late chairman were divided among his family and appear to bolster the control of his son and the company's vice chairman, Jay Y. Lee, regulatory filings showed on Friday.

This is the first time the information has been publicly disclosed since Lee Kun-hee, credited with turning Samsung into the world's largest smartphone and memory chip maker, died last October.

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