Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, met with Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, on the 22nd at Samsung Electronics' Seocho headquarters.
On that day, according to Samsung Electronics, Chairman Lee met with Chairman Gates at the Seocho headquarters in Gangnam, Seoul, to discuss cooperation measures for the social responsibility of corporations (CSR) while sharing lunch.
Chairman Lee and Chairman Gates maintain their relationship by meeting whenever they visit the U.S. and Korea, sharing opinions on various projects. Chairman Gates revealed their friendship by noting that he uses the mobile phone 'Galaxy Z Fold4' gifted by Chairman Lee, saying, "It is far from the heavy brick I used to carry during the early days of Microsoft (MS)."
In the past, Samsung Electronics promoted the 'RT (Reinvent the Toilet) Project,' an innovative sanitation toilet supply initiative that the Gates Foundation started in 2011 for developing countries. Chairman Lee is known to have taken direct action on current issues, including directing Samsung Electronics to form a task force (TF). Samsung Electronics has also developed technology that discharges eco-friendly effluent and recycles it 100%.