[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Group Vice Chairman Choi Gee-sung, who is known as “Samsung’s No. 2 man,” has allegedly offered to resign to take responsibility for the nation’s largest conglomerate’s involvement in the corruption scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye, industry sources said on Feb. 24.







Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (left) and Choi Gee-sung, then CEO of the tech giant, attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2011. Choi has played the role of mentor to the Samsung heir.