The largest shareholder of the company, with sales revenue and operating profit of 512 billion won and 51 billion won last year, is Lee Jae-Yong, Samsung Group vice chairman and the son of the chairman Lee Keun-hee, with a 45.69-percent stake.
For this reason, some critics said the recent organizational reform is nothing other than moves to strengthen the younger Lee's position by increasing his stakes in electronics and communications units. The next reform targets include Samsung Petrochemical and Samsung Engineering. The largest shareholder of Samsung Petrochemical is Lee Boo-jin, the Shilla Hotel president and the eldest daughter of the chairman, with a 33.18-percent stake.
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