Jay Y Lee and Bill Gates Meet: Discussing Corporate "Social Responsibility"

Discussing CSR Cooperation Strategies Over Lunch

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y Lee reaffirmed his commitment to global social contribution cooperation during a meeting with Bill Gates, Chairman of the Gates Foundation.

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y Lee is moving on the 22nd at noon at Samsung Electronics Seocho Building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, after meeting Bill Gates, Chairman of the Gates Foundation. The two reportedly discussed ways to cooperate on corporate social responsibility (CSR) of global companies over lunch. Samsung Electronics

According to the business community on the 22nd, Chairman Lee met with Chairman Gates at the Samsung Electronics Seocho Building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on this day. The two reportedly discussed ways to cooperate on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for global companies over lunch.

Previously, Samsung Electronics had also promoted the "RT (Reinvent the Toilet) Project," an innovative sanitation initiative launched by the Gates Foundation in 2011 to supply new-concept toilets to underdeveloped countries.

Meanwhile, Chairman Gates has been keeping a busy schedule, having exchanged views on healthcare and industry with President Lee Jaemyung the previous day. He has also been holding a series of meetings with business leaders, including discussions on cooperation in small modular reactors (SMR) and vaccines with SK Group Chairman Chey Taewon, and talks on the commercialization of sodium reactors with HD Hyundai Senior Vice Chairman Chung Kisun.