Would rather post this on the blog, but since I can't I'll put it here...
Given that the "chairman" refers to the chairman (Lee Kun-hee) of Samsung Electronics, consider these numbers:
Samsung Electronics revenue in 2011: $149 billion USD
Samsung Telecommunications revenue in 2011: $21 billion USD
Even in a North American style business he would probably have more pressing concerns than a ruling that affects only a very small part of the business he is overseeing. Given that Samsung is a Korean multinational, we're talking about a completely different culture and business style, where the top few layers of people probably don't need to know about this sort of thing right away.
I am pretty sure this is a myth for the simple reason that the chairman would have heard it in the news within those four days and would have summon the execs
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 31.0 ms ] threadGiven that the "chairman" refers to the chairman (Lee Kun-hee) of Samsung Electronics, consider these numbers:
Samsung Electronics revenue in 2011: $149 billion USD
Samsung Telecommunications revenue in 2011: $21 billion USD
Even in a North American style business he would probably have more pressing concerns than a ruling that affects only a very small part of the business he is overseeing. Given that Samsung is a Korean multinational, we're talking about a completely different culture and business style, where the top few layers of people probably don't need to know about this sort of thing right away.