Samsung heir to meet Apple, Google CEOs: report

The heir apparent of Samsung Group is scheduled to meet Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt during the annual Allen & Company media conference in Sun Valley, California, on July 6-10, a local report said Thursday. 

A Samsung Group spokesperson said Lee Jae-yong, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics, the flagship Samsung unit, plans to attend the annual gathering of technology and media moguls, but said he has no knowledge of whether the 43 year old plans to have one-on-one meetings with the chief executives of Apple and Google. 

Lee Jae-yong, chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics

“Lee has participated in the event every year since 2005,” the spokesperson Kenneth Hong said.