Taking Samsung TV to global leader

Sung Hyuck Yoon is the only Telkom director from the telco industry who, as he puts it, has experience 'actually selling the phone'

09 April 2023 - 00:00 By ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

When the former head of Samsung Africa, Sung Hyuck Yoon, joined Telkom's board last year, the company's share price shot up, even as stock markets slumped worldwide. Sung does not claim the credit, but he has a clear vision of what it will take to repeat such jumps in the company’s market value: investment from a global telecommunications player...

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