As Samsung Group prepares to pass leadership on to heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong,... after Chairman Lee Kun-hee was hospitalized last year,... the age spectrum... of the group is growing younger.<br />Our Laah Hyun-kyung has this story. <br />The average age of Samsung Group's employees is dropping.<br />The group says... that 80 percent of its workers are in their 20s and 30s,... while more than half of them were born in 1980 or later.<br />Korea's top conglomerate expects the average age to drop even further,... as new recruits will start working by the end of the month. <br />Looking at one of the group's affiliates,... it's even easier to see how hard the conglomerate is trying to give itself new life.<br />The average age of the group's biotech arm, Samsung Bioepis,... is a little over 30,... which is even lower than that of NCSoft -- a high-profile Korean game company that began as a promising startup. <br /><br />Samsung Group's efforts to transform itself into a company that's fresh and innovative comes after... Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee was hospitalized following a heart attack last May.<br />Pundits say... his son Jae-yong,... poised to inherit leadership of the group, is at the center of the change. <br />And it's not just the average age of employees... that the crown prince is trying to give a twist.<br />The group's communication methods are also changing to cater to the younger generation... through the use of online and mobile content.<br />Hwang Ji-hye, Arirang News.
