Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong mentioned his daughter Lee Won-joo’s English name in congratulatory remarks at an event in New York, United States.
It was a family anecdote shared while congratulating NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on receiving the Van Fleet Award.
The focus of the event was not Lee Won-joo, but CEO Huang’s award, which recognized his contributions to AI and semiconductor cooperation.
3-Line Summary
1. Lee Won-joo’s name was mentioned in the congratulatory remarks
2. Madison is the name the two daughters have in common
3. The focus of the event was CEO Huang’s award
Chairman Lee Jae-yong Brings Up the Common Name “Madison”
Chairman Lee Jae-yong attended The Korea Society’s annual gala held in New York, United States, on September 28 local time and congratulated NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on receiving the Van Fleet Award. The Korea Society is a nonprofit organization promoting friendship between South Korea and the United States, and CEO Huang was selected as this year’s recipient for his contributions to expanding cooperation between the two countries in the AI and semiconductor industries.
According to reports by JoongAng Ilbo and Daum, Chairman Lee introduced three things he and CEO Huang have in common in his congratulatory remarks. They both are “all in” on one field, they both like the Galaxy Z Fold8, and they both have daughters named “Madison.”
The Madison mentioned at the event is Lee Won-joo’s English name as well as the name of CEO Huang’s daughter. Chairman Lee also mentioned that he first met CEO Huang at CES about 25 years ago and offered his congratulations as a longtime friend. Lee Won-joo’s name was not the subject of a separate announcement, but part of the congratulatory remarks sharing a personal connection between the two men.
AI Cooperation Highlighted on the Van Fleet Award Stage
The cooperative relationship among Samsung Electronics, the SK Group, and NVIDIA was also emphasized at the event. In conjunction with the event, Samsung Electronics broadcast a video congratulating CEO Huang on an electronic billboard in New York’s Times Square from 6 p.m. on the 27th through the 28th. The video included the expressions “pioneer,” “designer,” “builder,” and “friend,” along with wording introducing CEO Huang as “a builder of the AI era” and “a friend of Korea.”
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won compared the relationship between NVIDIA and SK by saying, “NVIDIA designs the brain, and SK makes the memory.” He was describing the cooperative structure in which NVIDIA designs graphics processing units (GPUs) used for AI computing, while SK hynix supplies high-bandwidth memory (HBM).
Chairman Chey also made remarks to the effect that the stage for cooperation between South Korea and the United States is expanding to data centers. CEO Huang likewise said, in essence, that Korean companies are building “factories of intelligence” in the AI era and that NVIDIA is working with them. The scene in which Lee Won-joo’s name came up can be viewed as a brief family anecdote within the broader flow of corporate cooperation and congratulations on the award.
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