Kyung Kye-Hyun graduated from Seoul National University in 1994 with a Ph.D in Control and Instrumentation Engineering. He joined Samsung that same year, working as part of the DRAM design team. He went on to become the head of Samsung Electronics’ Flash Product & Technology Team, and later the Solution Product & Development Team. He was named CEO of Samsung Electro-Mechanics in 2020, and kept a chief executive position when the company's business units were restructured.