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Samsung Town
, the company's headquarters in
Seoul
Native name
삼성그룹
Company type
Public
Industry
Conglomerate
Founded
1 March 1938
(88 years ago)
in
Taikyu
,
Korea, Empire of Japan
Founder
Lee Byung-chul
Headquarters
Samsung Town
,
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lee Jae-yong
(
chairman
)
Number of employees
262,647 (2024)
Subsidiaries
Cheil Worldwide
Samsung Asset Management
Samsung Biologics
Samsung C&T Corporation
Samsung Electro-Mechanics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung E&A
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
Samsung Heavy Industries
Samsung Life Insurance
Samsung SDI
Samsung SDS
Samsung Securities
Korean name
Hangul
삼성
Hanja
三星
RR
Samseong
MR
Samsŏng
Website
samsung.com
Samsung Group
ⓘ
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(
Korean
:
삼성
;
pronounced
[sʰamsɔŋ]
; stylised as
SΛMSUNG
) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing
conglomerate
headquartered in the
Samsung Town
office complex in
Seoul
. The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses,
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most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest
chaebol
(business conglomerate) in South Korea. As of 2024,
Samsung has the world's
fifth-highest brand value
.
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Founded in 1938 by
Lee Byung-chul
as a
trading company
, Samsung diversified into various sectors, including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail, over the next three decades. In the late 1960s, Samsung entered the electronics industry, followed by the construction and shipbuilding sectors in the mid-1970s—areas that would fuel its future growth. After Lee died in 1987, Samsung was divided into five business groups: Samsung Group,
Shinsegae
Group,
CJ Group
,
Hansol
Group, and
JoongAng
Group.
Key affiliates of Samsung include
Samsung Electronics
, the world's
largest information technology company
, consumer electronics maker and chipmaker by 2017 revenues;
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Samsung Heavy Industries
, the world's second-largest shipbuilder by 2010 revenues;
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and
Samsung Engineering
and
Samsung C&T Corporation
, ranked 13th and 36th among global construction companies, respectively.
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Other significant subsidiaries are
Samsung Life Insurance
, the 14th-largest life insurance company globally,
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and
Cheil Worldwide
, the world's 15th-largest advertising agency by 2012 revenues.
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Etymology
According to Samsung's founder, the meaning of the
Korean
hanja
Samsung
(
三
星
) is
three stars
. The
three
stands for something
big, numerous and powerful
,
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while
stars
stands for
everlasting
or
eternal
.
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History
1938–1970
The headquarters of
Sanghoes
in Daegu in the late 1930s
In 1938, during the
Japanese era
,
Lee Byung-chul
(1910–1987), a member of a large landowning family in
Ginei
moved to nearby
Taikyu
and founded Mitsuboshi Trading Company (株式会社三星商会
(
Kabushiki gaisha Mitsuboshi Shōkai
)
), or
Samsung Sanghoe
(
주식회사 삼성상회
). Samsung started out as a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong).
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It dealt in dried fish,
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locally-grown groceries and noodles.
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The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the
Korean War
broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul. He started a
sugar refinery
in
Pusan
named
Cheil Jedang
. In 1954, Lee founded
Cheil Mojik
, a textiles company, and built the first plant in Chimsan-dong,
Taegu
. It was the largest woollen mill in the country at the time of construction.
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Samsung diversified into various areas as Lee aimed to establish the company as a leader across multiple industries. The business expanded into sectors such as insurance, securities, and retail.
In 1947, Cho Hong-jai, the Hyosung group's founder, jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa, or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chul. The trading firm grew to become the now
Samsung C&T Corporation
. After a few years, Cho and Lee separated due to differences in management style. Cho wanted a 30 equity share. Samsung Group was separated into Samsung Group and
Hyosung
Group,
Hankook Tire
and other businesses.
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In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered the electronics industry. It formed several electronics-related divisions, such as Samsung Electronics Devices, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corning and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications, and opened the facility in
Suwon
. Its first product was a black-and-white television set.
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Byung-chul was also the owner of the
Tongyang Broadcasting Company
, a private radio and television company that existed from 1964 to 1980, shut down after the Korean government reviewed the number of media outlets allowed.
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TBC allowed an early success thanks to its connections to Samsung, boosting the sale of its television sets.
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1970–1990
The
SPC-1000
, introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (sold in the South Korean market only) and used an audio
cassette tape
to load and save data – the
floppy drive
was optional.
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In 1980, Samsung acquired the
Kumi
-based
Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin
and entered telecommunications hardware. Its early products were switchboards. The facility was developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the center of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date.
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The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics in the 1980s.
After Lee, the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into five business groups – Samsung Group,
Shinsegae
Group,
CJ Group
,
Hansol
Group and the
JoongAng Group
.
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Shinsegae (discount store, department store) was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment/logistics), Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom), and the JoongAng Group (Media). Today these separated groups are independent and they are not part of or connected to the Samsung Group.
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One Hansol Group representative said, "Only people ignorant of the laws governing the business world could believe something so absurd", adding, "When Hansol separated from the Samsung Group in 1991, it severed all payment guarantees and share-holding ties with Samsung affiliates." One Hansol Group source asserted, "Hansol, Shinsegae, and CJ have been under independent management since their respective separations from the Samsung Group". One Shinsegae department store executive director said, "Shinsegae has no payment guarantees associated with the Samsung Group".
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In the 1980s, Samsung Electronics began to invest heavily in research and development, investments that were pivotal in pushing the company to the forefront of the global electronics industry. In 1982, it built a television assembly plant in Portugal; in 1984, a plant in New York; in 1985, a plant in Tokyo; in 1987, a facility in England; and another facility in
Austin, Texas
, in 1996. As of 2012,
Samsung has invested more than
US$
13 billion in the Austin facility, which operates under the name Samsung Austin Semiconductor. This makes the Austin location the largest foreign investment in
Texas
and one of the largest single
foreign investments
in the United States.
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In 1987, United States International Trade Commission found that the Samsung Group of South Korea unlawfully sold computer chips in the United States without licenses from the chip inventor,
Texas Instruments Inc.
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1990–2000
Since 1990, Samsung has increasingly globalised its activities and electronics; in particular, its mobile phones and semiconductors have become its most important source of income. It was in this period that Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s.
Samsung's construction branch
was awarded contracts to build one of the two
Petronas Towers
in Malaysia,
Taipei 101
in Taiwan and the
Burj Khalifa
in United Arab Emirates.
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In 1993,
Lee Kun-hee
sold off ten of Samsung Group's subsidiaries, downsized the company, and merged other operations to concentrate on three industries: electronics, engineering and chemicals. In 1996, the Samsung Group reacquired the
Sungkyunkwan University
foundation.
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Samsung became the world's largest producer of memory chips in 1992 and is the world's second-largest chipmaker after
Intel
(see Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year).
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In 1995, Samsung's textile department invested in
FUBU
, an American hip hop apparel company, after the founder placed an advertisement asking for funding in
The New York Times
.
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The same year, it created its first
liquid-crystal display
screen. Samsung grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of liquid-crystal display panels. Ten years later,
Sony
, which had not invested in large-size
TFT-LCDs
, contacted Samsung to cooperate, and, in 2006,
S-LCD
was established as a joint venture between Samsung and Sony in order to provide a stable supply of LCD panels for both manufacturers. S-LCD was owned by Samsung (50% plus one share) and
Sony
(50% minus one share) and operates its factories and facilities in Tanjung, South Korea. As of 26 December 2011,
it was announced that Samsung had acquired the stake of
Sony
in this joint venture.
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Compared to other major Korean companies, Samsung survived the
1997 Asian financial crisis
relatively unharmed. However,
Samsung Motor
was sold to
Renault
at a significant loss. As of 2010,
Renault Samsung is 80.1 per cent owned by
Renault
and 19.9 per cent owned by Samsung. Additionally, Samsung manufactured a range of
aircraft
from the 1980s to the 1990s. The company was founded in 1999 as
Korea Aerospace Industries
(KAI), the result of a merger between then three domestic major
aerospace
divisions of
Samsung Aerospace
, Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Space and Aircraft Company. However, Samsung still manufactures
aircraft engines
and
gas turbines
.
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2000–present
The prominent Samsung sign in
Times Square
, New York City
In 2000, Samsung R&D opened a development center in
Warsaw
,
Poland
.
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Its work began with set-top-box technology before moving into digital TV and
smartphones
. The smartphone platform was developed with partners, officially launched with the original
Samsung Solstice
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line of devices and other derivatives in 2008, which was later developed into
Samsung Galaxy
line of devices including Notes, Edge and other products.
The Samsung Group's chairman,
Lee Kun-hee
(left), with South Korean President
Park Geun-hye
, 2013
In 2007, former Samsung chief lawyer Kim Yong Chul claimed that he was involved in
bribing
and
fabricating evidence
on behalf of the group's chairman,
Lee Kun-hee
, and the company. Kim said that Samsung lawyers trained executives to serve as
scapegoats
in a "fabricated scenario" to protect Lee, even though those executives were not involved. Kim also told the media that he was "sidelined" by Samsung after he refused to pay a $3.3 million bribe to the U.S. Federal District Court judge presiding over a case where two of their executives were found guilty on charges related to memory chip price-fixing. Kim revealed that the company had raised a large number of secret funds through bank accounts illegally opened under the names of up to 1,000 Samsung executives – under his own name, four accounts were opened to manage 5 billion
won
.
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In 2010, Samsung announced a ten-year growth strategy centered around five businesses.
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One of these businesses was to be focused on
biopharmaceuticals
, to which has committed
₩
2.1 trillion.
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In first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics became the
world's largest mobile phone maker
by unit sales, overtaking
Nokia
, which had been the market leader since 1998.
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On 24 August 2012, nine American jurors
ruled
that Samsung Electronics had to pay
Apple
$1.05 billion in damages for violating six of its patents on smartphone technology. The award was still less than the $2.5 billion requested by Apple. The decision also ruled that Apple did not violate five Samsung patents cited in the case.
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Samsung decried the decision saying that the move could harm innovation in the sector.
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It also followed a South Korean ruling stating that both companies were guilty of infringing on each other's intellectual property.
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In first trading after the ruling, Samsung shares on the
KOSPI
fell 7.7%, the largest fall since 24 October 2008, to 1,177,000
South Korean won
.
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Apple then sought to ban the sales of eight Samsung phones (Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2
AT&T
, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail) in the United States, but this was denied by the court.
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As of 2013,
the
Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan
is investigating Samsung and its local Taiwanese advertising agency for
false advertising
. The case was commenced after the commission received complaints stating that the agency hired students to attack competitors of Samsung Electronics in online forums.
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Samsung Taiwan made an announcement on its
Facebook
page in which it stated that it had not interfered with any evaluation report and had stopped online marketing campaigns that constituted posting or responding to content in online forums.
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In 2015, Samsung has been granted more U.S. patents than any other company. The company received 7,679 utility patents through 11 December.
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The
Galaxy Note 7
smartphone went on sale on 19 August 2016.
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However, in early September 2016, Samsung suspended sales of the phone and announced an informal recall. This action was taken after some units of the phones were found to have batteries with a defect that caused them to generate excessive heat, leading to fires and explosions. Samsung replaced the recalled units of the phones with a new version. However, it was later discovered that the new version of the Galaxy Note 7 also had the battery defect. Consequently, Samsung recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide on 10 October 2016 and permanently ceased production of the phone the following day.
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In 2018, they inaugurated the world's largest mobile manufacturing facility in
Noida
, India, in the presence of
Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
and
South Korean President
Moon Jae-in
.
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In 2023, Samsung announced its decision to reduce the production of memory chips. This action is on account of the company's projected 96% decline in quarterly operating profit - a 600 million won decline from the 14 trillion won in 2022. The said drop can be attributed to the weak demand after COVID and a slowing global economy. Despite this decision, the company's shares increased by more than 4%.
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Samsung has been the top two
applicant
for PCT filled
patents
in 2022 and 2023 worldwide.
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Following the grant to Samsung of U.S. Patent No. 9,675,229 and its European counterpart, EP 2963515, both patents were challenged through an ex parte reexamination in the United States and opposition proceedings in Europe. The European patent was revoked in March 2024. The U.S. patent ceased to be in force in June 2025 due to non-payment of maintenance fees, approximately ten years before the end of its full statutory term.
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On 12 February 2026, Samsung started shipping its most advanced HBM4 chips to unnamed customers as it tries to narrow the gap with rivals in supplying critical parts for Nvidia’s AI accelerators.
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Influence in South Korea
Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the "
Miracle on the Han River
".
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Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports.
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Samsung's revenue was equal to 22.4% of South Korea's $1.67 trillion GDP in 2022.
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"You can even say the Samsung chairman is more powerful than the
President of South Korea
. [South] Korean people have come to think of Samsung as invincible and above the law", said Woo Suk-hoon, host of a popular economics podcast in a
Washington Post
article headlined "In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung", published on 9 December 2012. Critics claimed that Samsung knocked out smaller businesses, limiting choices for South Korean consumers and sometimes colluded with fellow giants to
fix prices
while bullying those who investigate.
Lee Jung-hee
, a South Korean presidential candidate, said in a debate, "Samsung has the government in its hands. Samsung manages the legal world, the press, the academics and
bureaucracy
".
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Operations
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance HQ
Samsung comprises around 80 companies.
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Its activities include
construction
,
consumer electronics
,
financial services
,
shipbuilding
, and
medical services
,
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and two research and development stations that have allowed the
chaebol
to enter the industries of "high-polymer
chemicals
,
genetic engineering
tools [and
biotech
as a whole],
aerospace
, and
nanotechnology
."
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As of April 2011,
the Samsung Group comprised 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed companies, all of which had their primary listing on the
Korea Exchange
.
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In FY 2009, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 220 trillion
KRW
($172.5 billion). In FY 2010, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 280 trillion KRW ($258 billion), and profits of 30 trillion KRW ($27.6 billion) based upon a KRW-USD exchange rate of 1,084.5 KRW per USD, the spot rate as of 19 August 2011.
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These amounts do not include the revenues from Samsung's subsidiaries based outside South Korea.
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In 2024, the
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)'s Hague Yearly Review ranked Samsung's number of
industrial design
applications filled under the
Hague System
as 1st in the world, with 544 industrial design applications submitted during 2023.
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Leadership
Lee Byung-chul
(1938–1966, 1968–1987)
Lee Maeng-hee (1966–1968), Lee Byung-chul's first son
Lee Kun-hee
(1987–2008, 2010–2020), Lee Byung-chul's third son
Lee Soo-bin
(2008–2010)
Affiliates
Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in
Jung District
, Seoul
Samsung Engineering India Office in
New Delhi
, India
Samsung Japan's regional HQ at
Roppongi
,
Minato
,
Tokyo
, Japan
The
Samsung Hub
, formerly 3 Church Street, is a
skyscraper
located in the
Downtown Core
of Singapore.
Joint Ventures
Stakes
Divested
Defunct
Alpha Processor Inc.
(API) was established in 1998 as a joint venture with U.S.-based
Compaq
, to enter the high-end
microprocessor
market. The venture was also aimed at expanding Samsung's non-memory chip business by manufacturing
DEC Alpha
CPUs. At the time, Samsung and Compaq invested $500 million in Alpha Processor.
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GE Samsung Lighting
was a joint venture between Samsung and the GE Lighting subsidiary of
General Electric
. The venture was established in 1998 and was broken up in 2009.
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Logo of Samtron
Samtron
was a subsidiary of Samsung until 1999 when it became independent. After that, it continued to make computer monitors and plasma displays until 2003, Samtron became Samsung when Samtron was a brand. In 2003 the website redirected to Samsung.
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S-LCD Corporation
was a joint venture between Samsung Electronics (50% plus one share) and the Japan-based
Sony
Corporation (50% minus one share) established in April 2004. On 26 December 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it would acquire all of Sony's shares in the venture.
Global Steel Exchange
was a joint venture formed in 2000 between Samsung, the U.S.-based
Cargill
, the Switzerland-based
Duferco Group
, and the Luxembourg-based Tradearbed (now part of the
ArcelorMittal
), to handle their online buying and selling of steel.
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Acquisitions and attempted acquisitions
Samsung formed
Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC)
in 2012 and Samsung NEXT in 2013 for incubation, investment, partnerships, and acquisitions.
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In 2017, Samsung NEXT created a USD 150 million fund for early-stage software and services startups.
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Samsung Catalyst Fund
, SSIC's investment arm, has funded 15-20 startups per year.
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SSIC primarily focuses on
internet of things
,
cloud
and
computer data storage
, smart machines, smart health, and privacy and security.
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In 2025,
Samsung Electronics
launched a business support division with a dedicated
mergers and acquisitions
team.
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Major clients
One of the world's largest oil and gas projects,
Sakhalin-II
- Lunskoye platform under construction. The topside facilities of the LUN-A (Lunskoye) and PA-B (Piltun Astokhskoye) platforms were built at the
Samsung Heavy Industries
' shipyard in South Korea.
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Major clients include:
Shell plc
Samsung Heavy Industries is sole provider of
liquefied natural gas
(LNG) storage facilities worth up to US$50 billion to
Shell plc
for 15 years, between 2009 and 2024.
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Shell unveiled plans to build the world's first
floating liquefied natural gas
(FLNG) platform. In October 2012
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at
Samsung Heavy Industries
' shipyard on
Geoje Island
in South Korea work started on a "ship" that, when finished and fully loaded, weighs 600,000 tonnes, the world's biggest "ship".
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United Arab Emirates government
In 2009, a consortium of South Korean firms, including Samsung,
Korea Electric Power Corporation
and
Hyundai
, won a deal worth $40 billion to build
nuclear power plants
in the United Arab Emirates.
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Ontario government
The government of the
Canadian province
of
Ontario
signed one of the world's largest
renewable energy
projects, a deal worth $6.6 billion for an additional
2,500 MW
of new wind and
solar energy
. Under the agreement, a consortium led by Samsung and the Korea Electric Power Corporation manages the development of
2,000 MW
-worth of new
wind farms
and
500 MW
of solar capacity, while also building a manufacturing supply chain in the province.
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Corporate image
First Samsung logo (1938)
1969–1979
1979–1993, as Samsung Electronics logo
1993–current, though still used by other Samsung companies than its electronics segment
2015–current, Samsung Electronics's wordmark and current corporate logo
The basic colour in the logo is blue, which Samsung has employed for years, supposedly symbolizing stability, reliability and
corporate social responsibility
.
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Audio logo
Samsung has an audio logo, which consists of the notes E♭, A♭, D♭, E♭; after the initial E♭ tone it is up a perfect fourth to A♭, down a perfect fifth to D♭, then up a major second to return to the initial E♭ tone. The audio logo was produced by
Musikvergnuegen
and written by
Walter Werzowa
.
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This audio logo is discontinued as of 2015.
Font
In 2014, Samsung unveiled its Samsung Sharp Sans font.
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In July 2016, Samsung unveiled its SamsungOne font, a typeface that hopes to give a consistent and universal visual identity to the wide range of Samsung products. SamsungOne was designed to be used across Samsung's diverse device portfolio, with a focus on legibility for everything from smaller devices like smartphones to larger connected TVs or refrigerators, as well as Samsung marketing and advertisements. The font family supports 400 different languages through over 25,000 characters.
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For further information on Samsung's sports sponsorships, see
Samsung Sports
.
A Samsung display in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics
Samsung Electronics
spent an estimated $14 billion (U.S.) on advertising and
marketing
in 2013. At 5.4% of annual revenue, this is a larger proportion than any of the world's top-20 companies by sales (
Apple
spent 0.6% and
General Motors
spent 3.5%). Samsung became the world's biggest advertiser in 2012, spending $4.3 billion, compared to Apple's $1 billion. Samsung's global brand value of $39.6 billion is less than half that of Apple.
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In Vietnam
In March 2008, Samsung received an investment certificate and began construction of its first mobile phone manufacturing plant in Vietnam, Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV) in
Bac Ninh
.
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The project originally had an investment capital of 670 million USD, but it was quickly increased to 1.5 billion USD, then to 2.5 billion USD, nearly four times the original investment capital.
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In the period from 2018 to 2022, Samsung contributed over 306 billion USD in export revenue to
Vietnam
.
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In 2022 alone, despite the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic
, the figure reached 65 billion USD, contributing significantly to
Vietnam
's total export value, which for the first time exceeded the 700 billion USD threshold, reaching over 732 billion USD.
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In addition, Samsung has also brought Vietnamese businesses deeper into the global value chain and contributed significantly to the development of the electronics industry in
Vietnam
.
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Currently, the number of Vietnamese first- and second-tier suppliers in Samsung's global supply chain has increased tenfold, from 25 businesses in 2014 to 257 businesses by the end of 2022.
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Controversies
Labor abuses
Samsung was the subject of several complaints about
child labor
in its supply chain from 2012 to 2015.
In July 2014, Samsung cut its contract with Shinyang Electronics after it received a complaint about the company violating child labor laws.
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Samsung says that its investigation turned up evidence of Shinyang using underage workers and that it severed relations immediately per its "zero tolerance" policy for child labor violations.
One of Samsung's Chinese supplier factories, HEG, was criticized for using underage workers by
China Labor Watch
(CLW) in July 2014. HEG denied the charges and has sued China Labor Watch.
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CLW issued a statement in August 2014 claiming that HEG employed over ten children under the age of 16 at a factory in
Huizhou
,
Guangdong
. The group said the youngest child identified was 14 years old. Samsung said that it conducted an onsite investigation of the production line that included one-on-one interviews but found no evidence of child labor being used. CLW responded that HEG had already dismissed the workers described in its statement before Samsung's investigators arrived.
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CLW also claimed that HEG violated overtime rules for adult workers. CLW said a female college student was only paid her standard wage despite working four hours of overtime per day even though Chinese law requires overtime pay at 1.5 to 2.0 times standard wages.
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In 2020, the
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
accused at least 82 major brands, including Samsung, of being connected to alleged forced
Uyghur
labor in
Xinjiang
.
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Union-busting activity
Samsung has a no-union policy and has been engaged in union-busting activities around the world.
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Samsung has also been sued by a union for stealing the corpse of a dead worker.
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On 6 May 2020, Samsung vice chairman
Lee Jae-yong
apologized for the union-busting scandals.
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209
]
2007 slush fund scandal
Kim Yong-chul, the former head of the legal department at Samsung's Restructuring Office, and
Catholic Priests Association for Justice
uncovered
Lee Kun-hee
's
slush fund
on 29 October 2007. He presented a list of 30 artworks that the Lee family purchased with some of the slush funds, which were to be found in Samsung's warehouse in south of
Seoul
, along with documents about bribes to prosecutors, judges and lawmakers, tax collectors with thousands of borrowed-named bank account.
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[
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The court sentenced
Lee Kun-hee
to 3 years' imprisonment with 5 years' probation, and fined him
₩
11 billion (
US$
9.62 million). But on 29 December 2009, the South Korean president
Lee Myung-bak
specially pardoned Lee, stating that the intent of the pardon was to allow Lee to remain on the
International Olympic Committee
.
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212
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Kim Yong-chul published the book
Thinking about Samsung
in 2010. He wrote detailed accounts of Samsung's behavior and how the company lobbied governmental authorities including the court officials, prosecutors and national tax service officials for transferring Samsung's management rights to
Lee Jae-yong
.
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Lee Kun-hee's prostitution scandal
In July 2016, the investigative journal KCIJ-Newstapa released a video which appeared to show Samsung chairman
Lee Kun-hee
paying a group of prostitutes for sex acts.
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The footage was filmed on five separate occasions between December 2011 and June 2013 both at Lee's residence and a secret rental home.
[
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Police detained six suspects for taking the compromising videos without Lee Kun-hee's knowledge.
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216
]
Investigators stated that, by threatening to release the tapes, the suspects were able to extort
₩
500 million (
US$
437,082.04) from Samsung, a claim which Samsung representatives denied.
[
217
]
One of the suspects, surnamed Seon, was a former executive of a competitor
Chaebol
,
CJ CheilJedang
, which used to be part of Samsung Group until its separation in 1993.
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Lee Kun-hee's older brother is
Lee Jay-hyun
, the Chairman of CJ CheilJedang, and the two shared a heated rivalry.
[
219
]
This fraternal feud fueled rumours that, as a former CJ employee had been indicted, Lee Jay-hyun had co-ordinated the scandal against his younger brother. However, prosecutors were not able to find sufficient evidence that CJ's leadership had knowledge or involvement in their former executive's actions.
[
220
]
On 12 April 2018,
Supreme Court of Korea
sentenced the former employee of
CJ CheilJedang
to four years and six months in prison for blackmail and intimidation.
[
221
]
While it was speculated that prosecutors were looking into Lee Kun-hee's culpability for sex trafficking, charges were never pursued, likely due to his health.
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]
Lee Kun-hee had suffered a heart attack in 2014 and had lapsed into a coma, where he remained until his death in 2020.
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2017 bribery scandal
In February 2017,
de facto
Samsung leader
Lee Jae-yong
was arrested for bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury. In return for government approval for a merger of two Samsung affiliates, it was alleged that Lee paid
₩
43 billion (
US$
37.59 million) to a close friend of incumbent President
Park Geun-hye
.
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224
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He was convicted and initially sentenced to 5 years incarceration, but left prison after a year when the Seoul High Court
suspended
and halved his sentence.
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]
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]
Then, following a retrial in 2021, Lee was sent back to prison for 2.5 years.
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227
]
He was released early after serving 10 months of his sentence in August 2021 as part of South Korea's yearly tradition of clemency on
Liberation Day
.
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]
In August 2022, Lee received a presidential pardon, which was supported by 70% of the Korean public, according to local polls.
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229
]
Supporting far-right groups
The investigative team of special prosecutors looking into the
2016 South Korean political scandal
announced that the
Blue House
received money from South Korea's four largest chaebols (Samsung,
Hyundai Motor Group
,
SK Group
and
LG Group
) to fund pro-government demonstrations by conservative and far-right organizations such as the Korean Parent Federation (KPF) and the Moms Brigade.
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230
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Price fixing
On 19 October 2011, Samsung companies were fined €145,727,000 for being part of a price cartel of ten companies for
DRAMs
which lasted from 1 July 1998 to 15 June 2002. The companies received, like most of the other members of the cartel, a 10% reduction for acknowledging the facts to investigators. Samsung had to pay 90% of their share of the settlement, but Micron avoided payment as a result of having initially revealed the case to investigators.
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231
]
In Canada, during 1999, some
DRAM
microchip manufacturers
conspired
to price fix, among the accused included Samsung. The price fix was investigated in 2002. A recession started to occur that year, and the price fix ended; however, in 2014, the Canadian government reopened the case and investigated silently. Sufficient evidence was found and presented to Samsung and two other manufacturers during a
class action lawsuit
hearing. The companies agreed upon a $120 million agreement, with $40 million as a fine, and $80 million to be paid back to Canadians who purchased a computer, printer, MP3 player, gaming console or camera from April 1999 to June 2002.
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232
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Misleading claims
In Australia during 2022, Australia's competition and consumer commission fined Samsung AU$14 million. The fine came due to misleading water resistance claims for over 3.1 million smartphones. The commission stated that during 2016–2018 the company advertised its Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, A5, A7, S8, S8 Plus and Note 8 devices as able to survive short immersion in water. However, after many user complaints about the devices having issues after water submersion, such as charger port corrosion. The ACCC have officially labelled the fact these devices have "water resistance" listed as a feature misleading and proceeded with the fine.
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Spyware attack on Samsung phones
According to reports, a type of spyware called Landfall has been active on Samsung Galaxy phones in the Middle East in selected countries including Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Morocco since 2024. This spyware is capable of accessing complete information including photos, sounds and calls without a single click from the user. This dangerous spyware was sent via WhatsApp and infected many Samsung phones over the course of a year.
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- [1 Etymology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#Etymology)
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- [2\.1 1938–1970](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#1938%E2%80%931970)
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# Samsung
120 languages
- [Afrikaans](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Groep "Samsung Groep – Afrikaans")
- [አማርኛ](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B3%E1%88%9D%E1%88%B0%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D "ሳምሰንግ – Amharic")
- [Ænglisc](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsungh%C4%93ap "Samsunghēap – Old English")
- [العربية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC "سامسونج – Arabic")
- [مصرى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC "سامسونج – Egyptian Arabic")
- [Asturianu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Asturian")
- [Azərbaycanca](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Azerbaijani")
- [تۆرکجه](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسونگ – South Azerbaijani")
- [Žemaitėška](https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Samogitian")
- [Беларуская](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group "Samsung Group – Belarusian")
- [Betawi](https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Betawi")
- [Български](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF "Самсунг Груп – Bulgarian")
- [भोजपुरी](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97 "सैमसंग – Bhojpuri")
- [বাংলা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82 "স্যামসাং – Bangla")
- [Bosanski](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Bosnian")
- [Català](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Catalan")
- [کوردی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسۆنگ – Central Kurdish")
- [Čeština](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Czech")
- [Cymraeg](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Welsh")
- [Dansk](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Danish")
- [Deutsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – German")
- [Zazaki](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Dimli")
- [डोटेली](https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%99 "सामसुङ – Doteli")
- [Ελληνικά](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Greek")
- [Esperanto](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Esperanto")
- [Español](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Spanish")
- [Eesti](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Estonian")
- [Euskara](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Basque")
- [فارسی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسونگ – Persian")
- [Suomi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Finnish")
- [Français](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Samsung "Groupe Samsung – French")
- [Galego](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Galician")
- [ગુજરાતી](https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%97 "સેમસંગ – Gujarati")
- [Hausa](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Hausa")
- [客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Si%CC%8Dp-th%C3%B2n "Samsung Si̍p-thòn – Hakka Chinese")
- [עברית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92 "סמסונג – Hebrew")
- [हिन्दी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97 "सैमसंग – Hindi")
- [Hrvatski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Croatian")
- [Magyar](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Hungarian")
- [Հայերեն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A3 "Սամսունգ – Armenian")
- [Արեւմտահայերէն](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%AF "Սամսունկ – Western Armenian")
- [Bahasa Indonesia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Indonesian")
- [Igbo](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Igbo")
- [Íslenska](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Icelandic")
- [Italiano](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Italian")
- [日本語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97 "サムスングループ – Japanese")
- [Jawa](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Javanese")
- [ქართული](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Georgian")
- [Qaraqalpaqsha](https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Kara-Kalpak")
- [Қазақша](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group "Samsung Group – Kazakh")
- [ភាសាខ្មែរ](https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%8A%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%84 "សាំស៊ុង – Khmer")
- [ಕನ್ನಡ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D "ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಸಂಗ್ – Kannada")
- [한국어](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9 "삼성그룹 – Korean")
- [کٲشُر](https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8E%D9%86%D9%9B%DA%AF "سیمسَنٛگ – Kashmiri")
- [Kurdî](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Kurdish")
- [Кыргызча](https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Kyrgyz")
- [Latina](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Latin")
- [Lietuvių](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Lithuanian")
- [Latviešu](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Latvian")
- [Македонски](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Macedonian")
- [മലയാളം](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D "സാംസങ് – Malayalam")
- [मराठी](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97 "सॅमसंग – Marathi")
- [Bahasa Melayu](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Malay")
- [မြန်မာဘာသာ](https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%86%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8 "ဆမ်ဆောင်း – Burmese")
- [مازِرونی](https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسونگ – Mazanderani")
- [नेपाली](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%99 "सामसङ – Nepali")
- [Nederlands](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group "Samsung Group – Dutch")
- [Norsk nynorsk](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Norwegian Nynorsk")
- [Norsk bokmål](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Norwegian Bokmål")
- [ߒߞߏ](https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%9B%DF%8A%DF%A1%DF%91%DF%9B%DF%8E%DF%B2%DF%AB "ߛߊߡߑߛߎ߲߫ – N’Ko")
- [Nupe](https://nup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Nupe")
- [ଓଡ଼ିଆ](https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%97 "ସାମସଙ୍ଗ – Odia")
- [ਪੰਜਾਬੀ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97 "ਸੈਮਸੰਗ – Punjabi")
- [Polski](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Polish")
- [Piemontèis](https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Piedmontese")
- [پښتو](https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسونگ – Pashto")
- [Português](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Portuguese")
- [Runa Simi](https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Quechua")
- [Rumantsch](https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Romansh")
- [Română](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Romanian")
- [Русский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Russian")
- [संस्कृतम्](https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D "स्याम्सङ्ग् – Sanskrit")
- [Саха тыла](https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group "Samsung Group – Yakut")
- [ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ](https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9D "ᱥᱮᱭᱢᱥᱟᱝ – Santali")
- [Scots](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Scots")
- [سنڌي](https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF "سامسنگ – Sindhi")
- [Sängö](https://sg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Sango")
- [Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Serbo-Croatian")
- [Simple English](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Simple English")
- [Slovenčina](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Slovak")
- [Slovenščina](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Slovenian")
- [Soomaaliga](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Somali")
- [Shqip](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Albanian")
- [Српски / srpski](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Serbian")
- [Sunda](https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Sundanese")
- [Svenska](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Swedish")
- [Kiswahili](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Swahili")
- [தமிழ்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D "சேம்சங் – Tamil")
- [Тоҷикӣ](https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Tajik")
- [ไทย](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87 "ซัมซุง – Thai")
- [ትግርኛ](https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B3%E1%88%9D%E1%88%B0%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D "ሳምሰንግ – Tigrinya")
- [Türkmençe](https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Turkmen")
- [Tagalog](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Tagalog")
- [Tolışi](https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Talysh")
- [Setswana](https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Tswana")
- [Toki pona](https://tok.wikipedia.org/wiki/kulupu_Sanson "kulupu Sanson – Toki Pona")
- [Türkçe](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Turkish")
- [Татарча / tatarça](https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Tatar")
- [Twi](https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Twi")
- [ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche](https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%87%DA%AD_%DA%AF%DB%87%D8%B1%DB%87%DA%BE%D9%89 "سامسۇڭ گۇرۇھى – Uyghur")
- [Українська](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Group "Samsung Group – Ukrainian")
- [اردو](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF "سیمسنگ – Urdu")
- [Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Uzbek")
- [Vèneto](https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Venetian")
- [Tiếng Việt](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Vietnamese")
- [Winaray](https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Waray")
- [吴语](https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%98%9F%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A2 "三星集团 – Wu")
- [მარგალური](https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung "Samsung – Mingrelian")
- [粵語](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%98%9F%E9%9B%86%E5%9C%98 "三星集團 – Cantonese")
- [中文](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%98%9F%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A2 "三星集团 – Chinese")
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South Korean multinational conglomerate
This article is about the conglomerate. For the electronics subsidiary, see [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics"). For other uses, see [Samsung (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_\(disambiguation\) "Samsung (disambiguation)").
Not to be confused with [Samson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson "Samson") or [Samsun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsun "Samsun").
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Black_icon.svg) | |
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_headquarters.jpg)[Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town"), the company's headquarters in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | |
| Native name | 삼성그룹 |
| Company type | [Public](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicly_held_company "Publicly held company") |
| Industry | [Conglomerate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_\(company\) "Conglomerate (company)") |
| Founded | 1 March 1938 (88 years ago) (1938-03-01) in [Taikyu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu"), [Korea, Empire of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule "Korea under Japanese rule") |
| Founder | [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") |
| Headquarters | [Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town"), [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"), South Korea |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong "Lee Jae-yong") ([chairman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman "Chairman")) |
| Number of employees | 262,647 (2024) [](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20716?uselang=en#P1128 "Edit this on Wikidata") |
| [Subsidiaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") | [Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide") [Samsung Asset Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Asset_Management "Samsung Asset Management") [Samsung Biologics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Biologics "Samsung Biologics") [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") [Samsung Electro-Mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electro-Mechanics "Samsung Electro-Mechanics") [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") [Samsung E\&A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_E%26A "Samsung E&A") [Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Fire_%26_Marine_Insurance "Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance") [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries") [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") [Samsung SDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDI "Samsung SDI") [Samsung SDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDS "Samsung SDS") [Samsung Securities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Securities "Samsung Securities") |
| Korean name | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 삼성 |
| [Hanja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja "Hanja") | 三星 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *Samseong* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *Samsŏng* |
| Website | [samsung.com](https://www.samsung.com/) |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%99%AF%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%AE,_%E9%A6%96%E7%88%BE,_%E6%BC%A2%E5%9F%8E,_%E9%9F%93%E5%9C%8B,_%E5%8D%97%E9%9F%93,_%E5%A4%A7%E9%9F%93%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B,_Gyeongbokgung,_Gyeongbokgung_Palace,_Gyeongbok_Palace,_Seoul,_South_Korea,_Republic_of_Korea,_ROK,_Daehan_Minguk,_%EA%B2%BD%EB%B3%B5%EA%B6%81,_%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8,_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD_\(44835510355\).jpg) |
| History |
| [Five-Year Plans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_South_Korea "Five-Year Plans of South Korea") [Saemaul Undong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemaul_Undong "Saemaul Undong") [Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-Chemical_Industry_Drive "Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive") [Miracle on the Han River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_the_Han_River "Miracle on the Han River") [1997 Asian financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_financial_crisis "1997 Asian financial crisis") |
| Business culture |
| [Chaebol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol") [Trade policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_policy_of_South_Korea "Trade policy of South Korea") |
| Industries |
| [Currency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won") [Communications](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_South_Korea "Telecommunications in South Korea") [Tourism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_South_Korea "Tourism in South Korea") [Transportation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_South_Korea "Transportation in South Korea") [Financial services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_services_in_South_Korea "Financial services in South Korea") [Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_South_Korea "Energy in South Korea") |
| Regional |
| [Regions by GDP per capita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_Korean_regions_by_GDP "List of South Korean regions by GDP") [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Seoul "Economy of Seoul") |
| Related topics |
| [Science and technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_South_Korea "Science and technology in South Korea") [Cities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea "List of cities in South Korea") |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:South_Korean_economy "Template:South Korean economy") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:South_Korean_economy "Template talk:South Korean economy") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:South_Korean_economy "Special:EditPage/Template:South Korean economy") |
**Samsung Group** [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElevenLabs_2026-03-02T07_18_38_Ranbir_-_Intense_and_Cinematic_pvc_sp106_s61_sb75_se0_b_m2.ogg "File:ElevenLabs 2026-03-02T07 18 38 Ranbir - Intense and Cinematic pvc sp106 s61 sb75 se0 b m2.ogg")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-1) ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 삼성; pronounced [\[sʰamsɔŋ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"); stylised as **SΛMSUNG**) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing [conglomerate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_\(company\) "Conglomerate (company)") headquartered in the [Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town") office complex in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"). The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-samsung.co.kr-2) most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest *[chaebol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol")* (business conglomerate) in South Korea. As of 2024,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) Samsung has the world's [fifth-highest brand value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_valuable_brands "List of most valuable brands").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-3)
Founded in 1938 by [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") as a [trading company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_company "Trading company"), Samsung diversified into various sectors, including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail, over the next three decades. In the late 1960s, Samsung entered the electronics industry, followed by the construction and shipbuilding sectors in the mid-1970s—areas that would fuel its future growth. After Lee died in 1987, Samsung was divided into five business groups: Samsung Group, [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") Group, [CJ Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"), [Hansol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansol "Hansol") Group, and [JoongAng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoongAng_Ilbo "JoongAng Ilbo") Group.
Key affiliates of Samsung include [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics"), the world's [largest information technology company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_technology_companies_by_revenue "List of largest technology companies by revenue"), consumer electronics maker and chipmaker by 2017 revenues;[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-5) [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries"), the world's second-largest shipbuilder by 2010 revenues;[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-6) and [Samsung Engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Engineering "Samsung Engineering") and [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation"), ranked 13th and 36th among global construction companies, respectively.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-7) Other significant subsidiaries are [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance"), the 14th-largest life insurance company globally,[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-8) and [Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide"), the world's 15th-largest advertising agency by 2012 revenues.[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-9)[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-10)
## Etymology
According to Samsung's founder, the meaning of the [Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language") [hanja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja "Hanja") *Samsung* ([三](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89 "wikt:三")[星](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%9F "wikt:星")) is *three stars*. The *three* stands for something *big, numerous and powerful*,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-11) while *stars* stands for *everlasting* or *eternal*.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-13)
## History
### 1938–1970
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EC%83%81%ED%9A%8C.jpg)
The headquarters of *Sanghoes* in Daegu in the late 1930s
In 1938, during the [Japanese era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule "Korea under Japanese rule"), [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") (1910–1987), a member of a large landowning family in [Ginei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uiryeong_County "Uiryeong County") moved to nearby [Taikyu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu") and founded Mitsuboshi Trading Company (株式会社三星商会 (*Kabushiki gaisha Mitsuboshi Shōkai*)), or *Samsung Sanghoe* (주식회사 삼성상회). Samsung started out as a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong).[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Samsung-14) It dealt in dried fish,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Samsung-14) locally-grown groceries and noodles.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-cain-15) The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the [Korean War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War "Korean War") broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul. He started a [sugar refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_refinery "Sugar refinery") in [Pusan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan "Busan") named [*Cheil Jedang*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"). In 1954, Lee founded [*Cheil Mojik*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Industries "Cheil Industries"), a textiles company, and built the first plant in Chimsan-dong, [Taegu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu"). It was the largest woollen mill in the country at the time of construction.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-16)
Samsung diversified into various areas as Lee aimed to establish the company as a leader across multiple industries. The business expanded into sectors such as insurance, securities, and retail.
In 1947, Cho Hong-jai, the Hyosung group's founder, jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa, or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chul. The trading firm grew to become the now [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation"). After a few years, Cho and Lee separated due to differences in management style. Cho wanted a 30 equity share. Samsung Group was separated into Samsung Group and [Hyosung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyosung "Hyosung") Group, [Hankook Tire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankook_Tire "Hankook Tire") and other businesses.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-18)
In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered the electronics industry. It formed several electronics-related divisions, such as Samsung Electronics Devices, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corning and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications, and opened the facility in [Suwon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon "Suwon"). Its first product was a black-and-white television set.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-19) Byung-chul was also the owner of the [Tongyang Broadcasting Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyang_Broadcasting_Company "Tongyang Broadcasting Company"), a private radio and television company that existed from 1964 to 1980, shut down after the Korean government reviewed the number of media outlets allowed.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-20) TBC allowed an early success thanks to its connections to Samsung, boosting the sale of its television sets.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-21)
### 1970–1990
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SPC-1000.JPG)
The [SPC-1000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPC-1000 "SPC-1000"), introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (sold in the South Korean market only) and used an audio [cassette tape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape "Cassette tape") to load and save data – the [floppy drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk "Floppy disk") was optional.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-22)
In 1980, Samsung acquired the [Kumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumi,_North_Gyeongsang "Gumi, North Gyeongsang")\-based *Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin* and entered telecommunications hardware. Its early products were switchboards. The facility was developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the center of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-23) The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics in the 1980s.
After Lee, the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into five business groups – Samsung Group, [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") Group, [CJ Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"), [Hansol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansol "Hansol") Group and the [JoongAng Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoongAng_Ilbo "JoongAng Ilbo").[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-24) Shinsegae (discount store, department store) was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment/logistics), Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom), and the JoongAng Group (Media). Today these separated groups are independent and they are not part of or connected to the Samsung Group.[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-ja1-25) One Hansol Group representative said, "Only people ignorant of the laws governing the business world could believe something so absurd", adding, "When Hansol separated from the Samsung Group in 1991, it severed all payment guarantees and share-holding ties with Samsung affiliates." One Hansol Group source asserted, "Hansol, Shinsegae, and CJ have been under independent management since their respective separations from the Samsung Group". One Shinsegae department store executive director said, "Shinsegae has no payment guarantees associated with the Samsung Group".[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-ja1-25)
In the 1980s, Samsung Electronics began to invest heavily in research and development, investments that were pivotal in pushing the company to the forefront of the global electronics industry. In 1982, it built a television assembly plant in Portugal; in 1984, a plant in New York; in 1985, a plant in Tokyo; in 1987, a facility in England; and another facility in [Austin, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"), in 1996. As of 2012,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) Samsung has invested more than [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")13 billion in the Austin facility, which operates under the name Samsung Austin Semiconductor. This makes the Austin location the largest foreign investment in [Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas "Texas") and one of the largest single [foreign investments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment "Foreign direct investment") in the United States.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-abj2012-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-27)
In 1987, United States International Trade Commission found that the Samsung Group of South Korea unlawfully sold computer chips in the United States without licenses from the chip inventor, [Texas Instruments Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments "Texas Instruments")[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-28)
### 1990–2000
Since 1990, Samsung has increasingly globalised its activities and electronics; in particular, its mobile phones and semiconductors have become its most important source of income. It was in this period that Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s. [Samsung's construction branch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") was awarded contracts to build one of the two [Petronas Towers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers "Petronas Towers") in Malaysia, [Taipei 101](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101 "Taipei 101") in Taiwan and the [Burj Khalifa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa "Burj Khalifa") in United Arab Emirates.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-29) In 1993, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") sold off ten of Samsung Group's subsidiaries, downsized the company, and merged other operations to concentrate on three industries: electronics, engineering and chemicals. In 1996, the Samsung Group reacquired the [Sungkyunkwan University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungkyunkwan_University "Sungkyunkwan University") foundation.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-30)
Samsung became the world's largest producer of memory chips in 1992 and is the world's second-largest chipmaker after [Intel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel "Intel") (see Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year).[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-31) In 1995, Samsung's textile department invested in *[FUBU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBU "FUBU")*, an American hip hop apparel company, after the founder placed an advertisement asking for funding in *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-33) The same year, it created its first [liquid-crystal display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display "Liquid-crystal display") screen. Samsung grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of liquid-crystal display panels. Ten years later, [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony"), which had not invested in large-size [TFT-LCDs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display "Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display"), contacted Samsung to cooperate, and, in 2006, [S-LCD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-LCD "S-LCD") was established as a joint venture between Samsung and Sony in order to provide a stable supply of LCD panels for both manufacturers. S-LCD was owned by Samsung (50% plus one share) and [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") (50% minus one share) and operates its factories and facilities in Tanjung, South Korea. As of 26 December 2011,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) it was announced that Samsung had acquired the stake of [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") in this joint venture.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-34)
Compared to other major Korean companies, Samsung survived the [1997 Asian financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_financial_crisis "1997 Asian financial crisis") relatively unharmed. However, [Samsung Motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Korea_Motors "Renault Korea Motors") was sold to [Renault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault "Renault") at a significant loss. As of 2010,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) Renault Samsung is 80.1 per cent owned by [Renault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault "Renault") and 19.9 per cent owned by Samsung. Additionally, Samsung manufactured a range of [aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft "Aircraft") from the 1980s to the 1990s. The company was founded in 1999 as [Korea Aerospace Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Aerospace_Industries "Korea Aerospace Industries") (KAI), the result of a merger between then three domestic major [aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace "Aerospace") divisions of [Samsung Aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Aerospace "Samsung Aerospace"), Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Space and Aircraft Company. However, Samsung still manufactures [aircraft engines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_engine "Aircraft engine") and [gas turbines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_turbine "Gas turbine").[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-35)
### 2000–present
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signs,_signs_and_more_signs_\(2504183343\).jpg)
The prominent Samsung sign in [Times Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square "Times Square"), New York City
In 2000, Samsung R\&D opened a development center in [Warsaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw "Warsaw"), [Poland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland "Poland").[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-36) Its work began with set-top-box technology before moving into digital TV and [smartphones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone "Smartphone"). The smartphone platform was developed with partners, officially launched with the original [Samsung Solstice](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung_Solstice&action=edit&redlink=1 "Samsung Solstice (page does not exist)")[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-37) line of devices and other derivatives in 2008, which was later developed into [Samsung Galaxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy "Samsung Galaxy") line of devices including Notes, Edge and other products.
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korea_President_Park_Business_Leaders_20130508_01.jpg)
The Samsung Group's chairman, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") (left), with South Korean President [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye "Park Geun-hye"), 2013
In 2007, former Samsung chief lawyer Kim Yong Chul claimed that he was involved in [bribing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery "Bribery") and [fabricating evidence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_evidence "False evidence") on behalf of the group's chairman, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee"), and the company. Kim said that Samsung lawyers trained executives to serve as [scapegoats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating "Scapegoating") in a "fabricated scenario" to protect Lee, even though those executives were not involved. Kim also told the media that he was "sidelined" by Samsung after he refused to pay a \$3.3 million bribe to the U.S. Federal District Court judge presiding over a case where two of their executives were found guilty on charges related to memory chip price-fixing. Kim revealed that the company had raised a large number of secret funds through bank accounts illegally opened under the names of up to 1,000 Samsung executives – under his own name, four accounts were opened to manage 5 billion [won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won").[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-38)
In 2010, Samsung announced a ten-year growth strategy centered around five businesses.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-businesswire6dec2011-39) One of these businesses was to be focused on [biopharmaceuticals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopharmaceutical "Biopharmaceutical"), to which has committed [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")2\.1 trillion.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-yangbw7dec2011-40) In first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics became the [world's largest mobile phone maker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone#By_manufacturer "Mobile phone") by unit sales, overtaking [Nokia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia "Nokia"), which had been the market leader since 1998.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-42)
On 24 August 2012, nine American jurors [ruled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co.#U.S._courts "Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.") that Samsung Electronics had to pay [Apple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") \$1.05 billion in damages for violating six of its patents on smartphone technology. The award was still less than the \$2.5 billion requested by Apple. The decision also ruled that Apple did not violate five Samsung patents cited in the case.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-43) Samsung decried the decision saying that the move could harm innovation in the sector.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-44) It also followed a South Korean ruling stating that both companies were guilty of infringing on each other's intellectual property.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-45) In first trading after the ruling, Samsung shares on the [KOSPI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOSPI "KOSPI") fell 7.7%, the largest fall since 24 October 2008, to 1,177,000 [South Korean won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won").[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-46) Apple then sought to ban the sales of eight Samsung phones (Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 [AT\&T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T "AT&T"), Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail) in the United States, but this was denied by the court.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-47)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-48)
As of 2013,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) the [Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Trade_Commission_\(Taiwan\) "Fair Trade Commission (Taiwan)") is investigating Samsung and its local Taiwanese advertising agency for [false advertising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising "False advertising"). The case was commenced after the commission received complaints stating that the agency hired students to attack competitors of Samsung Electronics in online forums.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-49) Samsung Taiwan made an announcement on its [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") page in which it stated that it had not interfered with any evaluation report and had stopped online marketing campaigns that constituted posting or responding to content in online forums.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-50)
In 2015, Samsung has been granted more U.S. patents than any other company. The company received 7,679 utility patents through 11 December.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-51)
The [Galaxy Note 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7 "Samsung Galaxy Note 7") smartphone went on sale on 19 August 2016.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-52) However, in early September 2016, Samsung suspended sales of the phone and announced an informal recall. This action was taken after some units of the phones were found to have batteries with a defect that caused them to generate excessive heat, leading to fires and explosions. Samsung replaced the recalled units of the phones with a new version. However, it was later discovered that the new version of the Galaxy Note 7 also had the battery defect. Consequently, Samsung recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide on 10 October 2016 and permanently ceased production of the phone the following day.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-53)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-54)[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-55)
In 2018, they inaugurated the world's largest mobile manufacturing facility in [Noida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida "Noida"), India, in the presence of [Indian Prime Minister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India "Prime Minister of India") [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi "Narendra Modi") and [South Korean President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea "President of South Korea") [Moon Jae-in](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Jae-in "Moon Jae-in").[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-57)
In 2023, Samsung announced its decision to reduce the production of memory chips. This action is on account of the company's projected 96% decline in quarterly operating profit - a 600 million won decline from the 14 trillion won in 2022. The said drop can be attributed to the weak demand after COVID and a slowing global economy. Despite this decision, the company's shares increased by more than 4%.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-58) Samsung has been the top two [applicant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application "Patent application") for PCT filled [patents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent "Patent") in 2022 and 2023 worldwide.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-59)
Following the grant to Samsung of U.S. Patent No. 9,675,229 and its European counterpart, EP 2963515, both patents were challenged through an ex parte reexamination in the United States and opposition proceedings in Europe. The European patent was revoked in March 2024. The U.S. patent ceased to be in force in June 2025 due to non-payment of maintenance fees, approximately ten years before the end of its full statutory term.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-USPTO-9675229-60)[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-EPO-2963515-61)
On 12 February 2026, Samsung started shipping its most advanced HBM4 chips to unnamed customers as it tries to narrow the gap with rivals in supplying critical parts for Nvidia’s AI accelerators.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-62)
## Influence in South Korea
Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the "[Miracle on the Han River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_the_Han_River "Miracle on the Han River")".[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-63)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-64) Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Hutson-65) Samsung's revenue was equal to 22.4% of South Korea's \$1.67 trillion GDP in 2022.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-66)
"You can even say the Samsung chairman is more powerful than the [President of South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea "President of South Korea"). \[South\] Korean people have come to think of Samsung as invincible and above the law", said Woo Suk-hoon, host of a popular economics podcast in a *[Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")* article headlined "In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung", published on 9 December 2012. Critics claimed that Samsung knocked out smaller businesses, limiting choices for South Korean consumers and sometimes colluded with fellow giants to [fix prices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing "Price fixing") while bullying those who investigate. [Lee Jung-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-hee "Lee Jung-hee"), a South Korean presidential candidate, said in a debate, "Samsung has the government in its hands. Samsung manages the legal world, the press, the academics and [bureaucracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy "Bureaucracy")".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-67)
## Operations
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EB%B3%B8%EC%82%AC_%EC%82%AC%EC%98%A5.jpg)
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance HQ
Samsung comprises around 80 companies.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-reut17112-68) Its activities include [construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction "Construction"), [consumer electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics "Consumer electronics"), [financial services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_services "Financial services"), [shipbuilding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding "Shipbuilding"), and [medical services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care "Health care"),[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-reut17112-68) and two research and development stations that have allowed the *chaebol* to enter the industries of "high-polymer [chemicals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemicals "Chemicals"), [genetic engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering "Genetic engineering") tools \[and [biotech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology "Biotechnology") as a whole\], [aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace "Aerospace"), and [nanotechnology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology "Nanotechnology")."[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-69)
As of April 2011,[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit) the Samsung Group comprised 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed companies, all of which had their primary listing on the [Korea Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Exchange "Korea Exchange").[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-70)
In FY 2009, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 220 trillion [KRW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won") (\$172.5 billion). In FY 2010, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 280 trillion KRW (\$258 billion), and profits of 30 trillion KRW (\$27.6 billion) based upon a KRW-USD exchange rate of 1,084.5 KRW per USD, the spot rate as of 19 August 2011.[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit)[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-71) These amounts do not include the revenues from Samsung's subsidiaries based outside South Korea.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-72)
In 2024, the [World Intellectual Property Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization "World Intellectual Property Organization") (WIPO)'s Hague Yearly Review ranked Samsung's number of [industrial design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design "Industrial design") applications filled under the [Hague System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Deposit_of_Industrial_Designs "Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs") as 1st in the world, with 544 industrial design applications submitted during 2023.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-73)
### Leadership
1. [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") (1938–1966, 1968–1987)
2. Lee Maeng-hee (1966–1968), Lee Byung-chul's first son
3. [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") (1987–2008, 2010–2020), Lee Byung-chul's third son
4. [Lee Soo-bin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Soo-bin "Lee Soo-bin") (2008–2010)
### Affiliates
| Name | Businesses | Founding Year | Headquarters Location | [KRX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Exchange "Korea Exchange") Number | Previous Names | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **[Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics")** | [air conditioners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning "Air conditioning"), [computers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer "Computer"), [digital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television "Digital television") [television sets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_set "Television set"), [active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED "AMOLED") (AMOLEDs), [mobile phones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone "Mobile phone"), [display monitors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_monitor "Computer monitor"), [computer printers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_\(computing\) "Printer (computing)"), [refrigerators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator "Refrigerator"), [semiconductors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor "Semiconductor"), [telecommunications networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_network "Telecommunications network") equipment | 1969 | [Suwon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon "Suwon") | 005930 | | [\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-74)[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-75) |
| **[Samsung Biologics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Biologics "Samsung Biologics")** | [contract development and manufacturing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_manufacturing_organization "Contract manufacturing organization") | 2011 | [Incheon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon "Incheon") | 207940 | | [\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-76) |
| **[Samsung E\&A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_E%26A "Samsung E&A")** | construction of oil refining plants; upstream oil and gas facilities; petrochemical plants and gas plants; steel making plants; [power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_station "Power station"); [water treatment facilities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastewater_treatment#Types_of_treatment_plants "Wastewater treatment") | 1969 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 02803450 | | [\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-77)[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-78) |
| **[Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Fire_%26_Marine_Insurance "Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance")** | accident insurance, automobile insurance, casualty insurance, fire insurance, [liability insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liability_insurance "Liability insurance"), [marine insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_insurance "Marine insurance"), personal pensions, loans | 1952 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 000810 | Korea Anbo Fire and Marine Insurance | [\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-79)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-80) |
| **[Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries")** | bulk carriers, container vessels, crude oil tankers, cruisers, passenger ferries, material handling equipment steel, bridge structures. | | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 010140 | | [\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-81) |
| **[Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance")** | individual life insurance, annuity products and services | 1957 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 032830 | Dongbang Life Insurance | [\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-82) |
| **[Samsung SDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDI "Samsung SDI")** | [electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery "Lithium-ion battery"), phone and portable computer batteries | 1970 | | 006400 | | [\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-cjtesla-83) [\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-84) |
| **[Samsung SDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDS "Samsung SDS")** | IT services, logistics services for enterprises | 1985 | | 018260 | | [\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-85) |
| **[Samsung Electro-Mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electro-Mechanics "Samsung Electro-Mechanics")** | electronic components | 1973 | [Suwon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon "Suwon") | 009150 | | [\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-86) |
| **[Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Advanced_Institute_of_Technology "Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology")** (SAIT) | research labs | 1987 | | | | [\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-87) |
| **[Samsung Card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Card "Samsung Card")** | [credit card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card "Credit card") | | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 029780 | | [\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-88) |
| **[Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation")** | environment & asset, food culture and resort | 1938 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 000830 | Samsung Sanghoe, Samsung Corporation, Samsung Construction | [\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-89)[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-90) |
| **[Samsung Medical Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center "Samsung Medical Center")** | hospital, cancer center | 1994 | | | | [\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-91) |
| **[Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide")** | advertising, public relations, etc. | 1973 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 030000 | | [\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-92) |
| **[IMarketKorea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMarketKorea "IMarketKorea")** | procurement services and [business-to-business](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business-to-business "Business-to-business") goods | 2000 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 122900 | | [\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-93) |
| **[Hotel Shilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Shilla "Hotel Shilla")** | hospitality, travel retail | 1979 | | 008770 | | [\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-94) |
| **[Samsung Securities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Securities "Samsung Securities")** | asset management, corporate banking, capital management | 1982 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 016360 | International Securities | [\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-95)[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-96) |
| **S-1 CORPORATION** | security | 1977 | [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | 012750 | | [\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-97) |
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dtssbld.jpg "Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in Jung District, Seoul")
Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in [Jung District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_District,_Seoul "Jung District, Seoul"), Seoul
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Engineering_India_office.jpg "Samsung Engineering India Office in New Delhi, India")
Samsung Engineering India Office in [New Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi "New Delhi"), India
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_japan_headquarter.JPG "Samsung Japan's regional HQ at Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan")
Samsung Japan's regional HQ at [Roppongi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi "Roppongi"), [Minato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo "Minato, Tokyo"), [Tokyo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"), Japan
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3_Church_Street.JPG "The Samsung Hub, formerly 3 Church Street, is a skyscraper located in the Downtown Core of Singapore.")
The [Samsung Hub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Hub_\(building\) "Samsung Hub (building)"), formerly 3 Church Street, is a [skyscraper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper "Skyscraper") located in the [Downtown Core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Core "Downtown Core") of Singapore.
### Joint Ventures
| | Joint Venture Name | Business | Partner Firm Countries | Date Formed | Date Dissolved | Ref. | Samsung Subsidiary | Partner Firms | Samsung Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpha Processor Inc. (API) | [Microprocessor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor "Microprocessor") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 1998 | (Defunct) | [\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-98) | | [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq "Compaq") | |
| 2 | GE Samsung Lighting | [Lighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting "Lighting") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 1998 | 2009 | [\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-99) | | [General Electric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric "General Electric") | |
| 3 | Global Steel Exchange | [Steel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel "Steel") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland "Switzerland") [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg "Luxembourg") | 2000 | (Defunct) | [\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-100) | | [Cargill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill "Cargill"), [Duferco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duferco "Duferco"), [Tradearbed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcelorMittal "ArcelorMittal") | |
| 4 | [S-LCD Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Display "Samsung Display") | [Liquid-crystal display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display "Liquid-crystal display") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan") | April 2004 | December 26, 2011 | [\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-101) | [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") | 50 (plus one share) |
| 5 | aT Grain Co. | [Grain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain "Grain") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | | | [\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-102) | [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") | Korea Agro-Fisheries, [Hanjin Transportation Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjin "Hanjin"), [STX Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STX_Corporation "STX Corporation") | 15 |
| 6 | Brooks Automation Asia Co., Ltd. | Manufacturing | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 1999 | | [\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-103) | [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | [Brooks Automation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Automation "Brooks Automation") | 30 |
| 7 | POSS – SLPC s.r.o. | | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 2007 | | [\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-autogenerated1-104) | [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation"), [Samsung C\&T Deutschland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") | [POSCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSCO "POSCO") | |
| 8 | Samsung BP Chemicals | [Chemical industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry "Chemical industry") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") | 1989 | | [\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-BP1-105)[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-BP2-106)[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-BP3-107) | | [BP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP "BP") | 49 |
| 9 | Samsung Corning Precision Materials, Co., Ltd. (SCP) | [Cathode ray tube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube "Cathode ray tube") Glass, [LCD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD "LCD") Glass Substrate | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 1973 | January 15, 2014 | [\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-108) | [Samsung Display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Display "Samsung Display") | [Corning Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning_Inc. "Corning Inc.") | |
| 10 | Samsung Sumitomo LED Materials | [LED](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED "LED") Sapphire Substrates | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan") | | | [\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-109) | Samsung LED CO., Ltd. | [Sumitomo Chemical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo_Chemical "Sumitomo Chemical") | |
| 11 | SD Flex Co., Ltd. | Double-Layer [FCCL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper-clad_laminates "Copper-clad laminates") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | October 2004 | | [\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-110) | | [DuPont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont "DuPont") | |
| 12 | Sermatech Korea | [Aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft "Aircraft") Construction | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | | | [\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-111) | [Samsung Aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Aerospace "Samsung Aerospace") | [Sermatech International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GKN "GKN") | 49 |
| 13 | Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd | [Wafer (electronics)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafer_\(electronics\) "Wafer (electronics)") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") | June 2008 | | [\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-112) | [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | [Siltronic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacker_Chemie "Wacker Chemie") | |
| 14 | SMP Ltd. | [Polysilicon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysilicon "Polysilicon") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 2011 | | [\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-113) | Samsung Fine Chemicals | [MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunEdison "SunEdison") | |
| 15 | Stemco | FPD Circuit Substrate | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan") | 1995 | | [\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-114) | Samsung Electro-Mechanics | [Toray Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toray_Industries "Toray Industries") | |
| 16 | [SB LiMotive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SB_LiMotive "SB LiMotive") | [Lithium-ion battery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery "Lithium-ion battery") (Vehicles) | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") | June 2008 | October 2012 | [\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-115) | [Samsung SDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDI "Samsung SDI") | [Bosch (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosch_\(company\) "Bosch (company)") | 50 |
| 17 | [Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Samsung_Storage_Technology "Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology") | [Optical disc drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_drive "Optical disc drive") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan") | 2004 | 2016 | [\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-116) | [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | [Toshiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba "Toshiba") | 49 |
| 18 | Samsung Bioepis | biosimilar medicine | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 2012 | | [\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-117) [\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-118) | [Samsung Biologics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Biologics "Samsung Biologics") | [Biogen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogen "Biogen") | 50 (plus one share) |
| 19 | Samsung Air China Life Insurance | insurance | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China "China") | July 2005 | | [\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-119) | [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") | [China National Aviation Holding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Aviation_Holding "China National Aviation Holding") | 50 |
| 20 | Siam Samsung Life Insurance | insurance | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand "Thailand") | | | [\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-120) | [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") | Saha Group, Thanachart Bank | 37 |
| 21 | Shanghai Welstory Food | food distribution | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan")[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China "China") | June 2016 | | [\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-121) | [Samsung Welstory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Welstory "Samsung Welstory") | Kokubu, Yinlong Agriculture Development | 70 |
### Stakes
| | Company | Business | Country | Stake (%) | Ref. | Derived products | Acquired by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlântico Sul | [Shipbuilding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding "Shipbuilding") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil "Brazil") [Brazil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil "Brazil") | 10 | [\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-122) [\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-123) | *Joao Candido* | Samsung Heavy Industries |
| 2 | [DGB Financial Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DGB_Financial_Group "DGB Financial Group") | [Banking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking "Banking") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 7\.4 | [\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-124) | | Samsung Life Insurance |
| 3 | [Corning Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning_Inc. "Corning Inc.") | [Glass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass "Glass") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 7\.4 | [\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-125) | [Gorilla Glass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Glass "Gorilla Glass") | Samsung Display |
| 4 | [Doosan Engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doosan_Engineering_%26_Construction "Doosan Engineering & Construction") | [Construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction "Construction") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 14\.1 | [\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-126) | | Samsung Heavy Industries |
| 5 | [Pantech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantech "Pantech") | [Mobile phone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone "Mobile phone") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 10 | [\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-127) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 6 | [Rambus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus "Rambus") | [Chip Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device "Semiconductor device") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 4\.19 | [\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-128) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 7 | [Renault Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Korea "Renault Korea") | [Automotive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry "Automotive industry") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 13\.13 | [\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Busan_Plant-129) | | Samsung Card |
| 8 | [Seagate Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagate_Technology "Seagate Technology") | [Data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage "Data storage") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 9\.6 | [\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-130) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 9 | [Sungjin Geotec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSCO "POSCO") | [Offshore drilling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_drilling "Offshore drilling") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 10 | [\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-131) | | Samsung Engineering |
| 10 | [Taylor Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Energy "Taylor Energy") | [Oil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil "Oil") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 20 | [\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-132) | | Samsung Oil & Gas USA Corp. |
### Divested
| | Target Company | Business | Country | Date Sold | Ref. | Pre-Sale Owners | Acquirer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Rollei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollei "Rollei") | [Optical instrument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_instrument "Optical instrument") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") | 1999 | [\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-133) | *[Samsung Techwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Vision "Hanwha Vision")* | Rollei Management |
| 2 | *[Samsung Techwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Vision "Hanwha Vision")* | [Closed-circuit television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television "Closed-circuit television") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | June 2015 | [\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-134) [\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-yonhapHanwha-135) | Samsung | [Hanwha Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Group "Hanwha Group") |
| 3 | Samsung Thales Co., Ltd. | business | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France "France") | June 2015 | [\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-136) | *[Samsung Techwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Vision "Hanwha Vision")*, [Thales Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Group "Thales Group") | [Hanwha Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Group "Hanwha Group") |
| 4 | Samsung General Chemicals | [Chemical industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry "Chemical industry") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | | [\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-137)[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-138) | Samsung | [Hanwha Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Group "Hanwha Group")[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-139) |
| 5 | Hanhwa Total | [Chemical industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry "Chemical industry") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France "France") | June 2015 | [\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-yonhapHanwha-135) | Samsung General Chemicals, [Total Petrochemicals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalEnergies "TotalEnergies") | [Hanwha Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Group "Hanwha Group") |
| 6 | [Sharp Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Corporation "Sharp Corporation") | [Electronics industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_industry "Electronics industry") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan "Japan") | 2016 | [\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-140) | | [Foxconn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn "Foxconn") |
### Defunct
- **Alpha Processor Inc.** (API) was established in 1998 as a joint venture with U.S.-based [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq "Compaq"), to enter the high-end [microprocessor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_\(computing\) "Processor (computing)") market. The venture was also aimed at expanding Samsung's non-memory chip business by manufacturing [DEC Alpha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha "DEC Alpha") CPUs. At the time, Samsung and Compaq invested \$500 million in Alpha Processor.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-141)
- **GE Samsung Lighting** was a joint venture between Samsung and the GE Lighting subsidiary of [General Electric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric "General Electric"). The venture was established in 1998 and was broken up in 2009.[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-142)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samtron_wordmark.svg "Logo of Samtron")
Logo of Samtron
- **Samtron** was a subsidiary of Samsung until 1999 when it became independent. After that, it continued to make computer monitors and plasma displays until 2003, Samtron became Samsung when Samtron was a brand. In 2003 the website redirected to Samsung.\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
- **[S-LCD Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Display "Samsung Display")** was a joint venture between Samsung Electronics (50% plus one share) and the Japan-based [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") Corporation (50% minus one share) established in April 2004. On 26 December 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it would acquire all of Sony's shares in the venture.
- **Global Steel Exchange** was a joint venture formed in 2000 between Samsung, the U.S.-based [Cargill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill "Cargill"), the Switzerland-based [Duferco Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duferco "Duferco"), and the Luxembourg-based Tradearbed (now part of the [ArcelorMittal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcelorMittal "ArcelorMittal")), to handle their online buying and selling of steel.[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-143)
## Acquisitions and attempted acquisitions
Samsung formed [Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Strategy_and_Innovation_Center "Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center") in 2012 and Samsung NEXT in 2013 for incubation, investment, partnerships, and acquisitions.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:02-144)[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-145) In 2017, Samsung NEXT created a USD 150 million fund for early-stage software and services startups.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:02-144) [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Catalyst_Fund "Samsung Catalyst Fund"), SSIC's investment arm, has funded 15-20 startups per year.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:12-146) SSIC primarily focuses on [internet of things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things "Internet of things"), [cloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing "Cloud computing") and [computer data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_data_storage "Computer data storage"), smart machines, smart health, and privacy and security.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:12-146) In 2025, [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") launched a business support division with a dedicated [mergers and acquisitions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions "Mergers and acquisitions") team.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-147)
| | Date | Company | Business | Country | Value ([USD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")) | Ref. | Derived products | Acquired by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 2010 | *[MEDISON Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medison "Samsung Medison")* | Medical Equipment | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | — | [\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Ramstad2-148) | Diagnostic Ultrasound Systems | Samsung Electronics |
| 2 | July 2011 | [Grandis, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandis,_Inc. "Grandis, Inc.") | [Spin-Transfer Torque Random Access Memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoresistive_RAM "Magnetoresistive RAM") (MRAM) |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[149\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-149) [\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-150) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 3 | December 2011 | S-LCD Corporation | [Liquid-crystal display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display "Liquid-crystal display") (LCD) | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") | 939,000,000 | [\[151\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-151)[\[152\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-152) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 4 | May 2012 | [mSpot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSpot "MSpot") | Music Service |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[153\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-153) | [Samsung Music Hub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Music_Hub "Samsung Music Hub") | Samsung Electronics |
| 5 | December 2012 | *NVELO, Inc.* | Software |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[154\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-154) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 6 | January 2013 | *[NeuroLogica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella "Steven Novella")* | [Medical imaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_imaging "Medical imaging") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[155\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-155) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 7 | August 2014 | *[SmartThings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartThings "SmartThings")* | [Home Automation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation "Home automation") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | | [\[156\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-156) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 8 | August 2014 | *Quietside LLC* | [Smart Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Home "Smart Home") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[157\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-157) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 9 | November 2014 | *Proximal Data* | Server-Side Caching Software |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[158\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-158) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 10 | February 2015 | *LoopPay* | [Mobile payment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_payment "Mobile payment") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[159\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-159) | [Samsung Pay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Pay "Samsung Pay") | Samsung Electronics |
| 11 | March 2015 | *[YESCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YESCO "YESCO") Electronics* | Digital Billboards/Message Signs |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[160\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-160) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 12 | June 2016 | [Joyent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyent "Joyent") | [Cloud computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing "Cloud computing") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[161\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-161) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 13 | August 2016 | [Dacor (kitchen appliances)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacor_\(kitchen_appliances\) "Dacor (kitchen appliances)") | [Home appliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_appliance "Home appliance") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[162\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-162) | | Samsung Electronics America |
| 14 | October 2016 | [Viv Labs, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_\(software\) "Viv (software)") | [Artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") | | — | [\[163\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-163) | [Bixby 2.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixby_\(software\) "Bixby (software)") | Samsung Electronics |
| 15 | November 2016 | NewNet Canada | [Rich Communication Services (RCS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services "Rich Communication Services") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada "Canada") [Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada "Canada") | — | [\[164\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-164) | | Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. |
| 16 | March 2017 | [Harman International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International "Harman International") | [Automotive electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_electronics "Automotive electronics"), [Audio equipment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_equipment "Audio equipment") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | 8,000,000,000 | [\[165\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-165)[\[166\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-166) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 17 | October 2018 | Zhilabs | [5G](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G "5G") | | | [\[167\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-167) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 18 | January 2020 | [Teleworld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleworld "Teleworld") | [5G](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G "5G") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | | [\[168\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-168) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 19 | May 2024 | Sonio SAS | [Fetal ultrasound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_ultrasound "Fetal ultrasound") AI software | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France "France") [France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France "France") | | [\[169\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-169) | | [Samsung Medison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medison "Samsung Medison") |
| 20 | July 2024 | Oxford Semantic Technologies | [Knowledge graph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_graph "Knowledge graph") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") [United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") | — | [\[170\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-170) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 21 | July 2025 | Xealth | [Digital health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_health "Digital health") |  [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") | — | [\[171\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-171) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 22 | November 2025 | FläktGroup | [Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating,_ventilation,_and_air_conditioning "Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") [Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") | 1,800,000,000 | [\[172\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-172) [\[173\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-173) | | Samsung Electronics |
| 23 | December 2025 | [ADAS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_system "Advanced driver-assistance system") business of [ZF Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_Group "ZF Group") | [Advanced driver-assistance system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_system "Advanced driver-assistance system") | [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") [Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany "Germany") | 1,800,000,000 | [\[174\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-174) | | [Harman International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International "Harman International") |
## Major clients
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunskoye.jpeg)
One of the world's largest oil and gas projects, [Sakhalin-II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin-II "Sakhalin-II")\- Lunskoye platform under construction. The topside facilities of the LUN-A (Lunskoye) and PA-B (Piltun Astokhskoye) platforms were built at the [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries")' shipyard in South Korea.[\[175\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-175)
Major clients include:
### Shell plc
Samsung Heavy Industries is sole provider of [liquefied natural gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas "Liquefied natural gas") (LNG) storage facilities worth up to US\$50 billion to [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc") for 15 years, between 2009 and 2024.[\[176\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-176)[\[177\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-177)
Shell unveiled plans to build the world's first [floating liquefied natural gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_liquefied_natural_gas "Floating liquefied natural gas") (FLNG) platform. In October 2012[\[178\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-178) at [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries")' shipyard on [Geoje Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoje_Island "Geoje Island") in South Korea work started on a "ship" that, when finished and fully loaded, weighs 600,000 tonnes, the world's biggest "ship".[\[179\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-179)
### United Arab Emirates government
In 2009, a consortium of South Korean firms, including Samsung, [Korea Electric Power Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation "Korea Electric Power Corporation") and [Hyundai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Group "Hyundai Group"), won a deal worth \$40 billion to build [nuclear power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant "Nuclear power plant") in the United Arab Emirates.[\[180\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-180)
### Ontario government
The government of the [Canadian province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_province "Canadian province") of [Ontario](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario "Ontario") signed one of the world's largest [renewable energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy "Renewable energy") projects, a deal worth \$6.6 billion for an additional 2,500 MW of new wind and [solar energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy "Solar energy"). Under the agreement, a consortium led by Samsung and the Korea Electric Power Corporation manages the development of 2,000 MW\-worth of new [wind farms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_farm "Wind farm") and 500 MW of solar capacity, while also building a manufacturing supply chain in the province.[\[181\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-181)
## Corporate image
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_first_logo.svg "First Samsung logo (1938)")
First Samsung logo (1938)
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_\(1969\).svg "1969–1979")
1969–1979
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_\(1979\).svg "1979–1993, as Samsung Electronics logo")
1979–1993, as Samsung Electronics logo
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_old_logo_before_year_2015.svg "1993–current, though still used by other Samsung companies than its electronics segment")
1993–current, though still used by other Samsung companies than its electronics segment
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Black_icon.svg "2015–current, Samsung Electronics's wordmark and current corporate logo")
2015–current, Samsung Electronics's wordmark and current corporate logo
The basic colour in the logo is blue, which Samsung has employed for years, supposedly symbolizing stability, reliability and [corporate social responsibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility "Corporate social responsibility").[\[182\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-182)
### Audio logo
Samsung has an audio logo, which consists of the notes E♭, A♭, D♭, E♭; after the initial E♭ tone it is up a perfect fourth to A♭, down a perfect fifth to D♭, then up a major second to return to the initial E♭ tone. The audio logo was produced by [Musikvergnuegen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikvergnuegen "Musikvergnuegen") and written by [Walter Werzowa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Werzowa "Walter Werzowa").[\[183\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-183)[\[184\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-184) This audio logo is discontinued as of 2015.[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung&action=edit)
### Font
In 2014, Samsung unveiled its Samsung Sharp Sans font.[\[185\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-185)
In July 2016, Samsung unveiled its SamsungOne font, a typeface that hopes to give a consistent and universal visual identity to the wide range of Samsung products. SamsungOne was designed to be used across Samsung's diverse device portfolio, with a focus on legibility for everything from smaller devices like smartphones to larger connected TVs or refrigerators, as well as Samsung marketing and advertisements. The font family supports 400 different languages through over 25,000 characters.[\[186\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-186)
## Sponsorships
For further information on Samsung's sports sponsorships, see [Samsung Sports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Sports "Samsung Sports").
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_display_Salt_Lake_Olympics.jpg)
A Samsung display in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics
[Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") spent an estimated \$14 billion (U.S.) on advertising and [marketing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing "Marketing") in 2013. At 5.4% of annual revenue, this is a larger proportion than any of the world's top-20 companies by sales ([Apple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") spent 0.6% and [General Motors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors "General Motors") spent 3.5%). Samsung became the world's biggest advertiser in 2012, spending \$4.3 billion, compared to Apple's \$1 billion. Samsung's global brand value of \$39.6 billion is less than half that of Apple.[\[187\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-187)
## In Vietnam
In March 2008, Samsung received an investment certificate and began construction of its first mobile phone manufacturing plant in Vietnam, Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV) in [Bac Ninh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%AFc_Ninh "Bắc Ninh").[\[188\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-188)[\[189\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-189)[\[190\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-190) The project originally had an investment capital of 670 million USD, but it was quickly increased to 1.5 billion USD, then to 2.5 billion USD, nearly four times the original investment capital.[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)[\[192\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-192)[\[193\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-193)[\[194\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-194)
In the period from 2018 to 2022, Samsung contributed over 306 billion USD in export revenue to [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam").[\[195\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-195)[\[196\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-196) In 2022 alone, despite the impact of the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), the figure reached 65 billion USD, contributing significantly to [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam")'s total export value, which for the first time exceeded the 700 billion USD threshold, reaching over 732 billion USD.[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)
In addition, Samsung has also brought Vietnamese businesses deeper into the global value chain and contributed significantly to the development of the electronics industry in [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam").[\[197\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-197)[\[198\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-198)[\[199\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-199) Currently, the number of Vietnamese first- and second-tier suppliers in Samsung's global supply chain has increased tenfold, from 25 businesses in 2014 to 257 businesses by the end of 2022.[\[200\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-200)[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)
## Controversies
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### Labor abuses
Samsung was the subject of several complaints about [child labor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour "Child labour") in its supply chain from 2012 to 2015.
In July 2014, Samsung cut its contract with Shinyang Electronics after it received a complaint about the company violating child labor laws.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201) Samsung says that its investigation turned up evidence of Shinyang using underage workers and that it severed relations immediately per its "zero tolerance" policy for child labor violations.
One of Samsung's Chinese supplier factories, HEG, was criticized for using underage workers by [China Labor Watch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Labor_Watch "China Labor Watch") (CLW) in July 2014. HEG denied the charges and has sued China Labor Watch.[\[202\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-202)[\[203\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-203) CLW issued a statement in August 2014 claiming that HEG employed over ten children under the age of 16 at a factory in [Huizhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizhou "Huizhou"), [Guangdong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong "Guangdong"). The group said the youngest child identified was 14 years old. Samsung said that it conducted an onsite investigation of the production line that included one-on-one interviews but found no evidence of child labor being used. CLW responded that HEG had already dismissed the workers described in its statement before Samsung's investigators arrived.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201)
CLW also claimed that HEG violated overtime rules for adult workers. CLW said a female college student was only paid her standard wage despite working four hours of overtime per day even though Chinese law requires overtime pay at 1.5 to 2.0 times standard wages.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201)
In 2020, the [Australian Strategic Policy Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Strategic_Policy_Institute "Australian Strategic Policy Institute") accused at least 82 major brands, including Samsung, of being connected to alleged forced [Uyghur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs "Uyghurs") labor in [Xinjiang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang "Xinjiang").[\[204\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-204)
### Union-busting activity
Main article: [Samsung and unions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_and_unions "Samsung and unions")
Samsung has a no-union policy and has been engaged in union-busting activities around the world.[\[205\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-205)[\[206\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-206) Samsung has also been sued by a union for stealing the corpse of a dead worker.[\[207\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Hankyoreh_2014-207)[\[208\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-208) On 6 May 2020, Samsung vice chairman [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_\(businessman\) "Lee Jae-yong (businessman)") apologized for the union-busting scandals.[\[209\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-209)
### 2007 slush fund scandal
Kim Yong-chul, the former head of the legal department at Samsung's Restructuring Office, and [Catholic Priests Association for Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Priests_Association_for_Justice "Catholic Priests Association for Justice") uncovered [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee")'s [slush fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slush_fund "Slush fund") on 29 October 2007. He presented a list of 30 artworks that the Lee family purchased with some of the slush funds, which were to be found in Samsung's warehouse in south of [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"), along with documents about bribes to prosecutors, judges and lawmakers, tax collectors with thousands of borrowed-named bank account.[\[210\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-210)[\[211\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-211)
The court sentenced [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") to 3 years' imprisonment with 5 years' probation, and fined him [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")11 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")9\.62 million). But on 29 December 2009, the South Korean president [Lee Myung-bak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak "Lee Myung-bak") specially pardoned Lee, stating that the intent of the pardon was to allow Lee to remain on the [International Olympic Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee "International Olympic Committee").[\[212\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-212)
Kim Yong-chul published the book *Thinking about Samsung* in 2010. He wrote detailed accounts of Samsung's behavior and how the company lobbied governmental authorities including the court officials, prosecutors and national tax service officials for transferring Samsung's management rights to [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_\(businessman\) "Lee Jae-yong (businessman)").[\[213\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-213)
### Lee Kun-hee's prostitution scandal
In July 2016, the investigative journal KCIJ-Newstapa released a video which appeared to show Samsung chairman [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") paying a group of prostitutes for sex acts.[\[214\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-214) The footage was filmed on five separate occasions between December 2011 and June 2013 both at Lee's residence and a secret rental home.[\[215\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-215)
Police detained six suspects for taking the compromising videos without Lee Kun-hee's knowledge.[\[216\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-216) Investigators stated that, by threatening to release the tapes, the suspects were able to extort [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")500 million ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")437,082.04) from Samsung, a claim which Samsung representatives denied.[\[217\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:0-217)
One of the suspects, surnamed Seon, was a former executive of a competitor [Chaebol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol"), [CJ CheilJedang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_CheilJedang "CJ CheilJedang"), which used to be part of Samsung Group until its separation in 1993.[\[218\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-218) Lee Kun-hee's older brother is [Lee Jay-hyun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jay-hyun "Lee Jay-hyun"), the Chairman of CJ CheilJedang, and the two shared a heated rivalry.[\[219\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-219) This fraternal feud fueled rumours that, as a former CJ employee had been indicted, Lee Jay-hyun had co-ordinated the scandal against his younger brother. However, prosecutors were not able to find sufficient evidence that CJ's leadership had knowledge or involvement in their former executive's actions.[\[220\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-220)
On 12 April 2018, [Supreme Court of Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Korea "Supreme Court of Korea") sentenced the former employee of [CJ CheilJedang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_CheilJedang "CJ CheilJedang") to four years and six months in prison for blackmail and intimidation.[\[221\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-221)
While it was speculated that prosecutors were looking into Lee Kun-hee's culpability for sex trafficking, charges were never pursued, likely due to his health.[\[217\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:0-217) Lee Kun-hee had suffered a heart attack in 2014 and had lapsed into a coma, where he remained until his death in 2020.[\[222\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-222)[\[223\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-223)
### 2017 bribery scandal
In February 2017, [de facto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto "De facto") Samsung leader [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong "Lee Jae-yong") was arrested for bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury. In return for government approval for a merger of two Samsung affiliates, it was alleged that Lee paid [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")43 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")37\.59 million) to a close friend of incumbent President [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye "Park Geun-hye").[\[224\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-224) He was convicted and initially sentenced to 5 years incarceration, but left prison after a year when the Seoul High Court [suspended](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended_sentence "Suspended sentence") and halved his sentence.[\[225\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-225)[\[226\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-226) Then, following a retrial in 2021, Lee was sent back to prison for 2.5 years.[\[227\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-227) He was released early after serving 10 months of his sentence in August 2021 as part of South Korea's yearly tradition of clemency on [Liberation Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Day_of_Korea "National Liberation Day of Korea").[\[228\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-228) In August 2022, Lee received a presidential pardon, which was supported by 70% of the Korean public, according to local polls.[\[229\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-229)
### Supporting far-right groups
The investigative team of special prosecutors looking into the [2016 South Korean political scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "2016 South Korean political scandal") announced that the [Blue House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House "Blue House") received money from South Korea's four largest chaebols (Samsung, [Hyundai Motor Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group "Hyundai Motor Group"), [SK Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Group "SK Group") and [LG Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Group "LG Group")) to fund pro-government demonstrations by conservative and far-right organizations such as the Korean Parent Federation (KPF) and the Moms Brigade.[\[230\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-230)
### Price fixing
On 19 October 2011, Samsung companies were fined €145,727,000 for being part of a price cartel of ten companies for [DRAMs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM "DRAM") which lasted from 1 July 1998 to 15 June 2002. The companies received, like most of the other members of the cartel, a 10% reduction for acknowledging the facts to investigators. Samsung had to pay 90% of their share of the settlement, but Micron avoided payment as a result of having initially revealed the case to investigators.[\[231\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Antitrust:_Commission_fines_DRAM_producers_%E2%82%AC331_million_for_price_cartel;_reaches_first_settlement_in_a_cartel_case-231)
In Canada, during 1999, some [DRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory "Dynamic random-access memory") microchip manufacturers [conspired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_\(criminal\) "Conspiracy (criminal)") to price fix, among the accused included Samsung. The price fix was investigated in 2002. A recession started to occur that year, and the price fix ended; however, in 2014, the Canadian government reopened the case and investigated silently. Sufficient evidence was found and presented to Samsung and two other manufacturers during a [class action lawsuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action_lawsuit "Class action lawsuit") hearing. The companies agreed upon a \$120 million agreement, with \$40 million as a fine, and \$80 million to be paid back to Canadians who purchased a computer, printer, MP3 player, gaming console or camera from April 1999 to June 2002.[\[232\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-232)
### Misleading claims
In Australia during 2022, Australia's competition and consumer commission fined Samsung AU\$14 million. The fine came due to misleading water resistance claims for over 3.1 million smartphones. The commission stated that during 2016–2018 the company advertised its Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, A5, A7, S8, S8 Plus and Note 8 devices as able to survive short immersion in water. However, after many user complaints about the devices having issues after water submersion, such as charger port corrosion. The ACCC have officially labelled the fact these devices have "water resistance" listed as a feature misleading and proceeded with the fine.[\[233\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-233)
### Spyware attack on Samsung phones
According to reports, a type of spyware called Landfall has been active on Samsung Galaxy phones in the Middle East in selected countries including Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Morocco since 2024. This spyware is capable of accessing complete information including photos, sounds and calls without a single click from the user. This dangerous spyware was sent via WhatsApp and infected many Samsung phones over the course of a year.[\[234\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-234)[\[235\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-235)[\[236\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-236)[\[237\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-237)[\[238\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-238)
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| Founder | [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") |
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| Current | [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong "Lee Jae-yong") [Lee Boo-jin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Boo-jin "Lee Boo-jin") [Lee Seo-hyun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seo-hyun "Lee Seo-hyun") |
| Former | [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") [Lee Yoon-hyung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Yoon-hyung "Lee Yoon-hyung") |
| Subsidiaries | [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") [Electro-Mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electro-Mechanics "Samsung Electro-Mechanics") [SDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDI "Samsung SDI") [SDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDS "Samsung SDS") [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") [Bean Pole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_Pole "Bean Pole") [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries") [Samsung E\&A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_E%26A "Samsung E&A") [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") [Asset Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Asset_Management "Samsung Asset Management") [Card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Card "Samsung Card") [Fire & Marine Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Fire_%26_Marine_Insurance "Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance") [Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") [Securities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Securities "Samsung Securities") [Samsung Biologics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Biologics "Samsung Biologics") [Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide") [Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daejeon_Samsung_Fire_Bluefangs "Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs") [Galaxy Pro-Game Team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_\(esports\) "Samsung Galaxy (esports)") [Life Blueminx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Blueminx "Samsung Life Blueminx") [Lions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Lions "Samsung Lions") [Samsung Sports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Sports "Samsung Sports") [Training Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Training_Center "Samsung Training Center") [Seoul Samsung Thunders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_Samsung_Thunders "Seoul Samsung Thunders") [Suwon Samsung Bluewings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon_Samsung_Bluewings "Suwon Samsung Bluewings") [Hotel Shilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Shilla "Hotel Shilla") |
| Infrastructure | [Samsung Tower Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Tower_Palace "Samsung Tower Palace") [Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town") [Caribbean Bay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Bay "Caribbean Bay") [Global Research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Global_Research "Samsung Global Research") [Everland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everland "Everland") [Everland Resort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everland_Resort "Everland Resort") [Ho-Am Art Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho-Am_Art_Museum "Ho-Am Art Museum") [Hub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Hub_\(building\) "Samsung Hub (building)") [Leeum Museum of Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeum_Museum_of_Art "Leeum Museum of Art") [Medical Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center "Samsung Medical Center") |
| Event | [Ho-Am Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho-Am_Prize "Ho-Am Prize") [Unpacked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Unpacked "Galaxy Unpacked") [Developer Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Developer_Conference "Samsung Developer Conference") |
| Program | [Samsung Global Scholarship Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarships_in_Korea#Samsung_scholarships "Scholarships in Korea") [Samsung Scholarship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Scholarship "Samsung Scholarship") |
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| Acquisition | [Harman International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International "Harman International") [AKG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKG_\(company\) "AKG (company)") |
| Partnership | [Sungkyunkwan University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungkyunkwan_University "Sungkyunkwan University") |
| [Divested](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divestment "Divestment") | [CJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group") [Hansol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansol "Hansol") [Joongang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoongAng_Ilbo "JoongAng Ilbo") [Saehan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saehan&action=edit&redlink=1 "Saehan (page does not exist)") \[[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%88%ED%95%9C%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9 "ko:새한그룹")\] [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") |
| Defunct | [Aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Aerospace "Samsung Aerospace") [Cheil Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Industries "Cheil Industries") [Commercial Vehicles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Commercial_Vehicles "Samsung Commercial Vehicles") [Samsung Motors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Korea "Renault Korea") |
| Criticism | [Protests against Samsung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_Samsung "Protests against Samsung") [Samsung and unions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_and_unions "Samsung and unions") |
| People | |
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| Current | [Kim Jae-youl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jae-youl "Kim Jae-youl") [Donhee Ham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donhee_Ham "Donhee Ham") [Hong Ra-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Ra-hee "Hong Ra-hee") [Sunghyun Choi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunghyun_Choi "Sunghyun Choi") |
| Former | [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(executive\) "Andy Griffiths (executive)") [Choi Gee-sung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Gee-sung "Choi Gee-sung") [Eric B. Kim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_B._Kim "Eric B. Kim") [Koh Dong-jin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Dong-jin "Koh Dong-jin") |
| Hardware or industrial products | |
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| [Aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Aerospace "Samsung Aerospace") | [K9 Thunder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9_Thunder "K9 Thunder") |
| [C\&T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") | [Burj Khalifa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa "Burj Khalifa") [Taipei 101](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101 "Taipei 101") |
| [Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | |
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| [Smartphone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy "Samsung Galaxy") | |
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| Active | [Galaxy Z series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Z_series "Samsung Galaxy Z series") [Galaxy S series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_series "Samsung Galaxy S series") [Galaxy A series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_A_series "Samsung Galaxy A series") [Galaxy M series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_M_series "Samsung Galaxy M series") |
| Discontinued | [Galaxy Note series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note "Samsung Galaxy Note") [Galaxy J series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_J_series "Samsung Galaxy J series") |
| [Smartwatch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Watch "Samsung Galaxy Watch") | [Galaxy Watch series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Watch_series "Samsung Galaxy Watch series") |
| [Tablet computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab "Samsung Galaxy Tab") | [Galaxy Tab series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab#Models "Samsung Galaxy Tab") |
| [Laptops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Book "Samsung Galaxy Book") | [Galaxy Book series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Book "Samsung Galaxy Book") |
| Other | |
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| Active | [Galaxy Buds series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Buds_series "Samsung Galaxy Buds series") |
| Discontinued | [Anycall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycall "Anycall") |
| Software products | |
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| [Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") | |
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| Active | [AR Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR_Zone "AR Zone") [Bixby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixby_\(software\) "Bixby (software)") [Health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Health "Samsung Health") [Mii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mii "Mii") [One UI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_UI "One UI") [Quick Share](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Share "Quick Share") [TV Plus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_TV_Plus "Samsung TV Plus") |
| Discontinued | [ChatON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatON "ChatON") [S Voice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Voice "S Voice") [Samsung Experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Experience "Samsung Experience") [TouchWiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TouchWiz "TouchWiz") |
|  **[Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Samsung "Category:Samsung")** [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg "Commons page") **[Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Samsung "commons:Category:Samsung")** | |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Chaebol "Template:Chaebol") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Chaebol "Template talk:Chaebol") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chaebol "Special:EditPage/Template:Chaebol")Largest [conglomerates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol") in [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea "South Korea") |
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| Business Groups with a total asset exceeding 0.5% of the nominal GDP for 2025, as designated by [KFTC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Trade_Commission_\(South_Korea\) "Fair Trade Commission (South Korea)") |
| [Samsung]() [SK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Group "SK Group") [Hyundai Motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group "Hyundai Motor Group") [LG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG "LG") [Lotte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Corporation "Lotte Corporation") [POSCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSCO "POSCO") [Hanwha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwha_Group "Hanwha Group") [HD Hyundai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Hyundai "HD Hyundai") [Nonghyup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Agricultural_Cooperative_Federation "National Agricultural Cooperative Federation") [GS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GS_Group "GS Group") [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") [Hanjin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjin "Hanjin") [KT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT_Corporation "KT Corporation") [CJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group") [LS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LS_Group "LS Group") [Kakao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakao "Kakao") [HMM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM_\(company\) "HMM (company)") [Doosan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doosan_Group "Doosan Group") [DL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DL_Group "DL Group") [Jungheung Construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jungheung_Construction&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jungheung Construction (page does not exist)") [Celltrion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celltrion "Celltrion") [Naver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naver_Corporation "Naver Corporation") [S-Oil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Oil "S-Oil") [Mirae Asset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Financial_Group "Mirae Asset Financial Group") [Coupang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupang "Coupang") [Hyundai Department Store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Department_Store_Group "Hyundai Department Store Group") [Hankook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankook "Hankook") [Booyoung](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Booyoung&action=edit&redlink=1 "Booyoung (page does not exist)") [Young Poong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Poong_Group "Young Poong Group") [Harim](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harim_Group&action=edit&redlink=1 "Harim Group (page does not exist)") [Hyosung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyosung "Hyosung") [Sinokor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sinokor&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sinokor (page does not exist)") [SM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Group_\(South_Korean_company\) "SM Group (South Korean company)") [HDC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDC_Hyundai_Development_Company "HDC Hyundai Development Company") [Hoban Construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoban_Construction&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hoban Construction (page does not exist)") [Dunamu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunamu "Dunamu") [KT\&G](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Tobacco_%26_Ginseng_Corporation "Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation") [Kolon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolon_Industries "Kolon Industries") [KCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCC_Corporation "KCC Corporation") [DB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Group "DB Group") [Nexon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon "Nexon") [OCI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCI_\(company\) "OCI (company)") [LX](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LX_Group&action=edit&redlink=1 "LX Group (page does not exist)") [SeAH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seah_Holdings "Seah Holdings") [Netmarble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netmarble "Netmarble") [E-Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Land_Group "E-Land Group") |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "Template:2016 South Korean political scandal") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "Template talk:2016 South Korean political scandal") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "Special:EditPage/Template:2016 South Korean political scandal")[2016 South Korean political scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "2016 South Korean political scandal") | |
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| Related people | |
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| [Choi Tae-min](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Tae-min "Choi Tae-min") family | [Choi Tae-min](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Tae-min "Choi Tae-min") [Choi Sun-deuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choi_Sun-deuk&action=edit&redlink=1 "Choi Sun-deuk (page does not exist)") [Choi Soon-sil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Soon-sil "Choi Soon-sil") [Chung Yoon-hoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Yoon-hoi "Chung Yoon-hoi") [Jang Si-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jang_Si-ho&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jang Si-ho (page does not exist)") [Chung Yoo-ra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Yoo-ra "Chung Yoo-ra") [Jo Sun-je](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jo_Sun-je&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jo Sun-je (page does not exist)") |
| Other people | [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye "Park Geun-hye") Kim Jong [Ko Young-tae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Young-tae "Ko Young-tae") [Jay Y. Lee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_\(businessman\) "Lee Jae-yong (businessman)") Kim Ki-chun Ahn Bong-geun Ahn Jong-bum Woo Byung-woo Lee Gyeong-je Lee Seung-chul Lee Jae-man Jung Ho-sung Cha Eun-taek |
| Related organizations | [Mir Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mir_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mir Foundation (page does not exist)") [K-Sports Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K-Sports_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1 "K-Sports Foundation (page does not exist)") [The Blue K](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Blue_K&action=edit&redlink=1 "The Blue K (page does not exist)") [Korean Salvation Mission](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korean_Salvation_Mission&action=edit&redlink=1 "Korean Salvation Mission (page does not exist)") [NEST Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NEST_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1 "NEST Foundation (page does not exist)") [Samsung]() [The Federation of Korean Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Federation_of_Korean_Industries&action=edit&redlink=1 "The Federation of Korean Industries (page does not exist)") [Korea Winter Sports Talent Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korea_Winter_Sports_Talent_Center&action=edit&redlink=1 "Korea Winter Sports Talent Center (page does not exist)") Armstrong |
| Reactions | [2016–17 South Korean protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_South_Korean_protests "2016–17 South Korean protests") [Impeachment of Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye "Impeachment of Park Geun-hye") |
| Related topics | [2017 South Korean presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_South_Korean_presidential_election "2017 South Korean presidential election") |
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_headquarters.jpg)[Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town"), the company's headquarters in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") | |
| Native name | 삼성그룹 |
| Company type | [Public](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicly_held_company "Publicly held company") |
| Industry | [Conglomerate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_\(company\) "Conglomerate (company)") |
| Founded | 1 March 1938 (88 years ago) in [Taikyu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu"), [Korea, Empire of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule "Korea under Japanese rule") |
| Founder | [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") |
| Headquarters | [Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town"), [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"), South Korea |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong "Lee Jae-yong") ([chairman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman "Chairman")) |
| Number of employees | 262,647 (2024) [](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20716?uselang=en#P1128 "Edit this on Wikidata") |
| [Subsidiaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") | [Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide") [Samsung Asset Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Asset_Management "Samsung Asset Management") [Samsung Biologics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Biologics "Samsung Biologics") [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") [Samsung Electro-Mechanics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electro-Mechanics "Samsung Electro-Mechanics") [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") [Samsung E\&A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_E%26A "Samsung E&A") [Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Fire_%26_Marine_Insurance "Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance") [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries") [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance") [Samsung SDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDI "Samsung SDI") [Samsung SDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_SDS "Samsung SDS") [Samsung Securities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Securities "Samsung Securities") |
| Korean name | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 삼성 |
| [Hanja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja "Hanja") | 三星 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *Samseong* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *Samsŏng* |
| Website | [samsung.com](https://www.samsung.com/) |
**Samsung Group** [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElevenLabs_2026-03-02T07_18_38_Ranbir_-_Intense_and_Cinematic_pvc_sp106_s61_sb75_se0_b_m2.ogg "File:ElevenLabs 2026-03-02T07 18 38 Ranbir - Intense and Cinematic pvc sp106 s61 sb75 se0 b m2.ogg")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-1) ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 삼성; pronounced [\[sʰamsɔŋ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"); stylised as **SΛMSUNG**) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing [conglomerate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_\(company\) "Conglomerate (company)") headquartered in the [Samsung Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Town "Samsung Town") office complex in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"). The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-samsung.co.kr-2) most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest *[chaebol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol")* (business conglomerate) in South Korea. As of 2024, Samsung has the world's [fifth-highest brand value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_valuable_brands "List of most valuable brands").[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-3)
Founded in 1938 by [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") as a [trading company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_company "Trading company"), Samsung diversified into various sectors, including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail, over the next three decades. In the late 1960s, Samsung entered the electronics industry, followed by the construction and shipbuilding sectors in the mid-1970s—areas that would fuel its future growth. After Lee died in 1987, Samsung was divided into five business groups: Samsung Group, [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") Group, [CJ Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"), [Hansol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansol "Hansol") Group, and [JoongAng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoongAng_Ilbo "JoongAng Ilbo") Group.
Key affiliates of Samsung include [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics"), the world's [largest information technology company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_technology_companies_by_revenue "List of largest technology companies by revenue"), consumer electronics maker and chipmaker by 2017 revenues;[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-5) [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries"), the world's second-largest shipbuilder by 2010 revenues;[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-6) and [Samsung Engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Engineering "Samsung Engineering") and [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation"), ranked 13th and 36th among global construction companies, respectively.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-7) Other significant subsidiaries are [Samsung Life Insurance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Life_Insurance "Samsung Life Insurance"), the 14th-largest life insurance company globally,[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-8) and [Cheil Worldwide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Worldwide "Cheil Worldwide"), the world's 15th-largest advertising agency by 2012 revenues.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-9)[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-10)
Etymology
According to Samsung's founder, the meaning of the [Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language") [hanja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja "Hanja") *Samsung* ([三](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89 "wikt:三")[星](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%9F "wikt:星")) is *three stars*. The *three* stands for something *big, numerous and powerful*,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-11) while *stars* stands for *everlasting* or *eternal*.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-13)
History
1938–1970
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The headquarters of *Sanghoes* in Daegu in the late 1930s
In 1938, during the [Japanese era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule "Korea under Japanese rule"), [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") (1910–1987), a member of a large landowning family in [Ginei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uiryeong_County "Uiryeong County") moved to nearby [Taikyu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu") and founded Mitsuboshi Trading Company (株式会社三星商会 (*Kabushiki gaisha Mitsuboshi Shōkai*)), or *Samsung Sanghoe* (주식회사 삼성상회). Samsung started out as a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong).[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Samsung-14) It dealt in dried fish,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Samsung-14) locally-grown groceries and noodles.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-cain-15) The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the [Korean War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War "Korean War") broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul. He started a [sugar refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_refinery "Sugar refinery") in [Pusan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan "Busan") named [*Cheil Jedang*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"). In 1954, Lee founded [*Cheil Mojik*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheil_Industries "Cheil Industries"), a textiles company, and built the first plant in Chimsan-dong, [Taegu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu "Daegu"). It was the largest woollen mill in the country at the time of construction.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-16)
Samsung diversified into various areas as Lee aimed to establish the company as a leader across multiple industries. The business expanded into sectors such as insurance, securities, and retail.
In 1947, Cho Hong-jai, the Hyosung group's founder, jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa, or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chul. The trading firm grew to become the now [Samsung C\&T Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation"). After a few years, Cho and Lee separated due to differences in management style. Cho wanted a 30 equity share. Samsung Group was separated into Samsung Group and [Hyosung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyosung "Hyosung") Group, [Hankook Tire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankook_Tire "Hankook Tire") and other businesses.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-18)
In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered the electronics industry. It formed several electronics-related divisions, such as Samsung Electronics Devices, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corning and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications, and opened the facility in [Suwon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwon "Suwon"). Its first product was a black-and-white television set.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-19) Byung-chul was also the owner of the [Tongyang Broadcasting Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyang_Broadcasting_Company "Tongyang Broadcasting Company"), a private radio and television company that existed from 1964 to 1980, shut down after the Korean government reviewed the number of media outlets allowed.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-20) TBC allowed an early success thanks to its connections to Samsung, boosting the sale of its television sets.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-21)
1970–1990
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SPC-1000.JPG)
The [SPC-1000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPC-1000 "SPC-1000"), introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (sold in the South Korean market only) and used an audio [cassette tape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape "Cassette tape") to load and save data – the [floppy drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk "Floppy disk") was optional.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-22)
In 1980, Samsung acquired the [Kumi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumi,_North_Gyeongsang "Gumi, North Gyeongsang")\-based *Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin* and entered telecommunications hardware. Its early products were switchboards. The facility was developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the center of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-23) The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics in the 1980s.
After Lee, the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into five business groups – Samsung Group, [Shinsegae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinsegae "Shinsegae") Group, [CJ Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_Group "CJ Group"), [Hansol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansol "Hansol") Group and the [JoongAng Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoongAng_Ilbo "JoongAng Ilbo").[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-24) Shinsegae (discount store, department store) was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment/logistics), Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom), and the JoongAng Group (Media). Today these separated groups are independent and they are not part of or connected to the Samsung Group.[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-ja1-25) One Hansol Group representative said, "Only people ignorant of the laws governing the business world could believe something so absurd", adding, "When Hansol separated from the Samsung Group in 1991, it severed all payment guarantees and share-holding ties with Samsung affiliates." One Hansol Group source asserted, "Hansol, Shinsegae, and CJ have been under independent management since their respective separations from the Samsung Group". One Shinsegae department store executive director said, "Shinsegae has no payment guarantees associated with the Samsung Group".[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-ja1-25)
In the 1980s, Samsung Electronics began to invest heavily in research and development, investments that were pivotal in pushing the company to the forefront of the global electronics industry. In 1982, it built a television assembly plant in Portugal; in 1984, a plant in New York; in 1985, a plant in Tokyo; in 1987, a facility in England; and another facility in [Austin, Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas "Austin, Texas"), in 1996. As of 2012, Samsung has invested more than [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")13 billion in the Austin facility, which operates under the name Samsung Austin Semiconductor. This makes the Austin location the largest foreign investment in [Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas "Texas") and one of the largest single [foreign investments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment "Foreign direct investment") in the United States.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-abj2012-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-27)
In 1987, United States International Trade Commission found that the Samsung Group of South Korea unlawfully sold computer chips in the United States without licenses from the chip inventor, [Texas Instruments Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments "Texas Instruments")[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-28)
1990–2000
Since 1990, Samsung has increasingly globalised its activities and electronics; in particular, its mobile phones and semiconductors have become its most important source of income. It was in this period that Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s. [Samsung's construction branch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_C%26T_Corporation "Samsung C&T Corporation") was awarded contracts to build one of the two [Petronas Towers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers "Petronas Towers") in Malaysia, [Taipei 101](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101 "Taipei 101") in Taiwan and the [Burj Khalifa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa "Burj Khalifa") in United Arab Emirates.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-29) In 1993, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") sold off ten of Samsung Group's subsidiaries, downsized the company, and merged other operations to concentrate on three industries: electronics, engineering and chemicals. In 1996, the Samsung Group reacquired the [Sungkyunkwan University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungkyunkwan_University "Sungkyunkwan University") foundation.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-30)
Samsung became the world's largest producer of memory chips in 1992 and is the world's second-largest chipmaker after [Intel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel "Intel") (see Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year).[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-31) In 1995, Samsung's textile department invested in *[FUBU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBU "FUBU")*, an American hip hop apparel company, after the founder placed an advertisement asking for funding in *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-33) The same year, it created its first [liquid-crystal display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display "Liquid-crystal display") screen. Samsung grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of liquid-crystal display panels. Ten years later, [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony"), which had not invested in large-size [TFT-LCDs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display "Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display"), contacted Samsung to cooperate, and, in 2006, [S-LCD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-LCD "S-LCD") was established as a joint venture between Samsung and Sony in order to provide a stable supply of LCD panels for both manufacturers. S-LCD was owned by Samsung (50% plus one share) and [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") (50% minus one share) and operates its factories and facilities in Tanjung, South Korea. As of 26 December 2011, it was announced that Samsung had acquired the stake of [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") in this joint venture.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-34)
Compared to other major Korean companies, Samsung survived the [1997 Asian financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_financial_crisis "1997 Asian financial crisis") relatively unharmed. However, [Samsung Motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Korea_Motors "Renault Korea Motors") was sold to [Renault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault "Renault") at a significant loss. As of 2010, Renault Samsung is 80.1 per cent owned by [Renault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault "Renault") and 19.9 per cent owned by Samsung. Additionally, Samsung manufactured a range of [aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft "Aircraft") from the 1980s to the 1990s. The company was founded in 1999 as [Korea Aerospace Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Aerospace_Industries "Korea Aerospace Industries") (KAI), the result of a merger between then three domestic major [aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace "Aerospace") divisions of [Samsung Aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Aerospace "Samsung Aerospace"), Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Space and Aircraft Company. However, Samsung still manufactures [aircraft engines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_engine "Aircraft engine") and [gas turbines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_turbine "Gas turbine").[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-35)
2000–present
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signs,_signs_and_more_signs_\(2504183343\).jpg)
The prominent Samsung sign in [Times Square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square "Times Square"), New York City
In 2000, Samsung R\&D opened a development center in [Warsaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw "Warsaw"), [Poland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland "Poland").[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-36) Its work began with set-top-box technology before moving into digital TV and [smartphones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone "Smartphone"). The smartphone platform was developed with partners, officially launched with the original [Samsung Solstice](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samsung_Solstice&action=edit&redlink=1 "Samsung Solstice (page does not exist)")[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-37) line of devices and other derivatives in 2008, which was later developed into [Samsung Galaxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy "Samsung Galaxy") line of devices including Notes, Edge and other products.
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korea_President_Park_Business_Leaders_20130508_01.jpg)
The Samsung Group's chairman, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") (left), with South Korean President [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye "Park Geun-hye"), 2013
In 2007, former Samsung chief lawyer Kim Yong Chul claimed that he was involved in [bribing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery "Bribery") and [fabricating evidence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_evidence "False evidence") on behalf of the group's chairman, [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee"), and the company. Kim said that Samsung lawyers trained executives to serve as [scapegoats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating "Scapegoating") in a "fabricated scenario" to protect Lee, even though those executives were not involved. Kim also told the media that he was "sidelined" by Samsung after he refused to pay a \$3.3 million bribe to the U.S. Federal District Court judge presiding over a case where two of their executives were found guilty on charges related to memory chip price-fixing. Kim revealed that the company had raised a large number of secret funds through bank accounts illegally opened under the names of up to 1,000 Samsung executives – under his own name, four accounts were opened to manage 5 billion [won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won").[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-38)
In 2010, Samsung announced a ten-year growth strategy centered around five businesses.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-businesswire6dec2011-39) One of these businesses was to be focused on [biopharmaceuticals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopharmaceutical "Biopharmaceutical"), to which has committed [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")2\.1 trillion.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-yangbw7dec2011-40) In first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics became the [world's largest mobile phone maker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone#By_manufacturer "Mobile phone") by unit sales, overtaking [Nokia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia "Nokia"), which had been the market leader since 1998.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-42)
On 24 August 2012, nine American jurors [ruled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co.#U.S._courts "Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.") that Samsung Electronics had to pay [Apple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") \$1.05 billion in damages for violating six of its patents on smartphone technology. The award was still less than the \$2.5 billion requested by Apple. The decision also ruled that Apple did not violate five Samsung patents cited in the case.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-43) Samsung decried the decision saying that the move could harm innovation in the sector.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-44) It also followed a South Korean ruling stating that both companies were guilty of infringing on each other's intellectual property.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-45) In first trading after the ruling, Samsung shares on the [KOSPI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOSPI "KOSPI") fell 7.7%, the largest fall since 24 October 2008, to 1,177,000 [South Korean won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won").[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-46) Apple then sought to ban the sales of eight Samsung phones (Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 [AT\&T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T "AT&T"), Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail) in the United States, but this was denied by the court.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-47)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-48)
As of 2013, the [Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Trade_Commission_\(Taiwan\) "Fair Trade Commission (Taiwan)") is investigating Samsung and its local Taiwanese advertising agency for [false advertising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising "False advertising"). The case was commenced after the commission received complaints stating that the agency hired students to attack competitors of Samsung Electronics in online forums.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-49) Samsung Taiwan made an announcement on its [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") page in which it stated that it had not interfered with any evaluation report and had stopped online marketing campaigns that constituted posting or responding to content in online forums.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-50)
In 2015, Samsung has been granted more U.S. patents than any other company. The company received 7,679 utility patents through 11 December.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-51)
The [Galaxy Note 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7 "Samsung Galaxy Note 7") smartphone went on sale on 19 August 2016.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-52) However, in early September 2016, Samsung suspended sales of the phone and announced an informal recall. This action was taken after some units of the phones were found to have batteries with a defect that caused them to generate excessive heat, leading to fires and explosions. Samsung replaced the recalled units of the phones with a new version. However, it was later discovered that the new version of the Galaxy Note 7 also had the battery defect. Consequently, Samsung recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide on 10 October 2016 and permanently ceased production of the phone the following day.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-53)[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-54)[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-55)
In 2018, they inaugurated the world's largest mobile manufacturing facility in [Noida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida "Noida"), India, in the presence of [Indian Prime Minister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India "Prime Minister of India") [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi "Narendra Modi") and [South Korean President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea "President of South Korea") [Moon Jae-in](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Jae-in "Moon Jae-in").[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-57)
In 2023, Samsung announced its decision to reduce the production of memory chips. This action is on account of the company's projected 96% decline in quarterly operating profit - a 600 million won decline from the 14 trillion won in 2022. The said drop can be attributed to the weak demand after COVID and a slowing global economy. Despite this decision, the company's shares increased by more than 4%.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-58) Samsung has been the top two [applicant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_application "Patent application") for PCT filled [patents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent "Patent") in 2022 and 2023 worldwide.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-59)
Following the grant to Samsung of U.S. Patent No. 9,675,229 and its European counterpart, EP 2963515, both patents were challenged through an ex parte reexamination in the United States and opposition proceedings in Europe. The European patent was revoked in March 2024. The U.S. patent ceased to be in force in June 2025 due to non-payment of maintenance fees, approximately ten years before the end of its full statutory term.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-USPTO-9675229-60)[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-EPO-2963515-61)
On 12 February 2026, Samsung started shipping its most advanced HBM4 chips to unnamed customers as it tries to narrow the gap with rivals in supplying critical parts for Nvidia’s AI accelerators.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-62)
Influence in South Korea
Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the "[Miracle on the Han River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_the_Han_River "Miracle on the Han River")".[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-63)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-64) Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Hutson-65) Samsung's revenue was equal to 22.4% of South Korea's \$1.67 trillion GDP in 2022.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-66)
"You can even say the Samsung chairman is more powerful than the [President of South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea "President of South Korea"). \[South\] Korean people have come to think of Samsung as invincible and above the law", said Woo Suk-hoon, host of a popular economics podcast in a *[Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")* article headlined "In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung", published on 9 December 2012. Critics claimed that Samsung knocked out smaller businesses, limiting choices for South Korean consumers and sometimes colluded with fellow giants to [fix prices](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing "Price fixing") while bullying those who investigate. [Lee Jung-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-hee "Lee Jung-hee"), a South Korean presidential candidate, said in a debate, "Samsung has the government in its hands. Samsung manages the legal world, the press, the academics and [bureaucracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy "Bureaucracy")".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-67)
Operations
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EB%B3%B8%EC%82%AC_%EC%82%AC%EC%98%A5.jpg)
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance HQ
Samsung comprises around 80 companies.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-reut17112-68) Its activities include [construction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction "Construction"), [consumer electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics "Consumer electronics"), [financial services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_services "Financial services"), [shipbuilding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding "Shipbuilding"), and [medical services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care "Health care"),[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-reut17112-68) and two research and development stations that have allowed the *chaebol* to enter the industries of "high-polymer [chemicals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemicals "Chemicals"), [genetic engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering "Genetic engineering") tools \[and [biotech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology "Biotechnology") as a whole\], [aerospace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace "Aerospace"), and [nanotechnology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology "Nanotechnology")."[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-69)
As of April 2011, the Samsung Group comprised 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed companies, all of which had their primary listing on the [Korea Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Exchange "Korea Exchange").[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-70)
In FY 2009, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 220 trillion [KRW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won") (\$172.5 billion). In FY 2010, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 280 trillion KRW (\$258 billion), and profits of 30 trillion KRW (\$27.6 billion) based upon a KRW-USD exchange rate of 1,084.5 KRW per USD, the spot rate as of 19 August 2011.[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-71) These amounts do not include the revenues from Samsung's subsidiaries based outside South Korea.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-72)
In 2024, the [World Intellectual Property Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization "World Intellectual Property Organization") (WIPO)'s Hague Yearly Review ranked Samsung's number of [industrial design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design "Industrial design") applications filled under the [Hague System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Agreement_Concerning_the_International_Deposit_of_Industrial_Designs "Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs") as 1st in the world, with 544 industrial design applications submitted during 2023.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-73)
Leadership
1. [Lee Byung-chul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-chul "Lee Byung-chul") (1938–1966, 1968–1987)
2. Lee Maeng-hee (1966–1968), Lee Byung-chul's first son
3. [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") (1987–2008, 2010–2020), Lee Byung-chul's third son
4. [Lee Soo-bin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Soo-bin "Lee Soo-bin") (2008–2010)
Affiliates
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dtssbld.jpg "Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in Jung District, Seoul")
Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in [Jung District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_District,_Seoul "Jung District, Seoul"), Seoul
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Engineering_India_office.jpg "Samsung Engineering India Office in New Delhi, India")
Samsung Engineering India Office in [New Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi "New Delhi"), India
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_japan_headquarter.JPG "Samsung Japan's regional HQ at Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan")
Samsung Japan's regional HQ at [Roppongi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi "Roppongi"), [Minato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo "Minato, Tokyo"), [Tokyo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"), Japan
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3_Church_Street.JPG "The Samsung Hub, formerly 3 Church Street, is a skyscraper located in the Downtown Core of Singapore.")
The [Samsung Hub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Hub_\(building\) "Samsung Hub (building)"), formerly 3 Church Street, is a [skyscraper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper "Skyscraper") located in the [Downtown Core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Core "Downtown Core") of Singapore.
Joint Ventures
Stakes
Divested
Defunct
- **Alpha Processor Inc.** (API) was established in 1998 as a joint venture with U.S.-based [Compaq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq "Compaq"), to enter the high-end [microprocessor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_\(computing\) "Processor (computing)") market. The venture was also aimed at expanding Samsung's non-memory chip business by manufacturing [DEC Alpha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha "DEC Alpha") CPUs. At the time, Samsung and Compaq invested \$500 million in Alpha Processor.[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-141)
- **GE Samsung Lighting** was a joint venture between Samsung and the GE Lighting subsidiary of [General Electric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric "General Electric"). The venture was established in 1998 and was broken up in 2009.[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-142)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samtron_wordmark.svg "Logo of Samtron")
Logo of Samtron
- **Samtron** was a subsidiary of Samsung until 1999 when it became independent. After that, it continued to make computer monitors and plasma displays until 2003, Samtron became Samsung when Samtron was a brand. In 2003 the website redirected to Samsung.\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
- **[S-LCD Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Display "Samsung Display")** was a joint venture between Samsung Electronics (50% plus one share) and the Japan-based [Sony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony "Sony") Corporation (50% minus one share) established in April 2004. On 26 December 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it would acquire all of Sony's shares in the venture.
- **Global Steel Exchange** was a joint venture formed in 2000 between Samsung, the U.S.-based [Cargill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill "Cargill"), the Switzerland-based [Duferco Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duferco "Duferco"), and the Luxembourg-based Tradearbed (now part of the [ArcelorMittal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcelorMittal "ArcelorMittal")), to handle their online buying and selling of steel.[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-143)
Acquisitions and attempted acquisitions
Samsung formed [Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Strategy_and_Innovation_Center "Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center") in 2012 and Samsung NEXT in 2013 for incubation, investment, partnerships, and acquisitions.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:02-144)[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-145) In 2017, Samsung NEXT created a USD 150 million fund for early-stage software and services startups.[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:02-144) [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Catalyst_Fund "Samsung Catalyst Fund"), SSIC's investment arm, has funded 15-20 startups per year.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:12-146) SSIC primarily focuses on [internet of things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things "Internet of things"), [cloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing "Cloud computing") and [computer data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_data_storage "Computer data storage"), smart machines, smart health, and privacy and security.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:12-146) In 2025, [Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") launched a business support division with a dedicated [mergers and acquisitions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions "Mergers and acquisitions") team.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-147)
Major clients
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunskoye.jpeg)
One of the world's largest oil and gas projects, [Sakhalin-II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin-II "Sakhalin-II")\- Lunskoye platform under construction. The topside facilities of the LUN-A (Lunskoye) and PA-B (Piltun Astokhskoye) platforms were built at the [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries")' shipyard in South Korea.[\[175\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-175)
Major clients include:
Shell plc
Samsung Heavy Industries is sole provider of [liquefied natural gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas "Liquefied natural gas") (LNG) storage facilities worth up to US\$50 billion to [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc") for 15 years, between 2009 and 2024.[\[176\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-176)[\[177\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-177)
Shell unveiled plans to build the world's first [floating liquefied natural gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_liquefied_natural_gas "Floating liquefied natural gas") (FLNG) platform. In October 2012[\[178\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-178) at [Samsung Heavy Industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Heavy_Industries "Samsung Heavy Industries")' shipyard on [Geoje Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoje_Island "Geoje Island") in South Korea work started on a "ship" that, when finished and fully loaded, weighs 600,000 tonnes, the world's biggest "ship".[\[179\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-179)
United Arab Emirates government
In 2009, a consortium of South Korean firms, including Samsung, [Korea Electric Power Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation "Korea Electric Power Corporation") and [Hyundai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Group "Hyundai Group"), won a deal worth \$40 billion to build [nuclear power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant "Nuclear power plant") in the United Arab Emirates.[\[180\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-180)
Ontario government
The government of the [Canadian province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_province "Canadian province") of [Ontario](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario "Ontario") signed one of the world's largest [renewable energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy "Renewable energy") projects, a deal worth \$6.6 billion for an additional 2,500 MW of new wind and [solar energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy "Solar energy"). Under the agreement, a consortium led by Samsung and the Korea Electric Power Corporation manages the development of 2,000 MW\-worth of new [wind farms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_farm "Wind farm") and 500 MW of solar capacity, while also building a manufacturing supply chain in the province.[\[181\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-181)
Corporate image
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_first_logo.svg "First Samsung logo (1938)")
First Samsung logo (1938)
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_\(1969\).svg "1969–1979")
1969–1979
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_\(1979\).svg "1979–1993, as Samsung Electronics logo")
1979–1993, as Samsung Electronics logo
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_old_logo_before_year_2015.svg "1993–current, though still used by other Samsung companies than its electronics segment")
1993–current, though still used by other Samsung companies than its electronics segment
- [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Black_icon.svg "2015–current, Samsung Electronics's wordmark and current corporate logo")
2015–current, Samsung Electronics's wordmark and current corporate logo
The basic colour in the logo is blue, which Samsung has employed for years, supposedly symbolizing stability, reliability and [corporate social responsibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility "Corporate social responsibility").[\[182\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-182)
Audio logo
Samsung has an audio logo, which consists of the notes E♭, A♭, D♭, E♭; after the initial E♭ tone it is up a perfect fourth to A♭, down a perfect fifth to D♭, then up a major second to return to the initial E♭ tone. The audio logo was produced by [Musikvergnuegen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikvergnuegen "Musikvergnuegen") and written by [Walter Werzowa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Werzowa "Walter Werzowa").[\[183\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-183)[\[184\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-184) This audio logo is discontinued as of 2015.
Font
In 2014, Samsung unveiled its Samsung Sharp Sans font.[\[185\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-185)
In July 2016, Samsung unveiled its SamsungOne font, a typeface that hopes to give a consistent and universal visual identity to the wide range of Samsung products. SamsungOne was designed to be used across Samsung's diverse device portfolio, with a focus on legibility for everything from smaller devices like smartphones to larger connected TVs or refrigerators, as well as Samsung marketing and advertisements. The font family supports 400 different languages through over 25,000 characters.[\[186\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-186)
For further information on Samsung's sports sponsorships, see [Samsung Sports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Sports "Samsung Sports").
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_display_Salt_Lake_Olympics.jpg)
A Samsung display in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics
[Samsung Electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics "Samsung Electronics") spent an estimated \$14 billion (U.S.) on advertising and [marketing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing "Marketing") in 2013. At 5.4% of annual revenue, this is a larger proportion than any of the world's top-20 companies by sales ([Apple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") spent 0.6% and [General Motors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors "General Motors") spent 3.5%). Samsung became the world's biggest advertiser in 2012, spending \$4.3 billion, compared to Apple's \$1 billion. Samsung's global brand value of \$39.6 billion is less than half that of Apple.[\[187\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-187)
In Vietnam
In March 2008, Samsung received an investment certificate and began construction of its first mobile phone manufacturing plant in Vietnam, Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV) in [Bac Ninh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%AFc_Ninh "Bắc Ninh").[\[188\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-188)[\[189\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-189)[\[190\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-190) The project originally had an investment capital of 670 million USD, but it was quickly increased to 1.5 billion USD, then to 2.5 billion USD, nearly four times the original investment capital.[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)[\[192\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-192)[\[193\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-193)[\[194\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-194)
In the period from 2018 to 2022, Samsung contributed over 306 billion USD in export revenue to [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam").[\[195\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-195)[\[196\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-196) In 2022 alone, despite the impact of the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic"), the figure reached 65 billion USD, contributing significantly to [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam")'s total export value, which for the first time exceeded the 700 billion USD threshold, reaching over 732 billion USD.[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)
In addition, Samsung has also brought Vietnamese businesses deeper into the global value chain and contributed significantly to the development of the electronics industry in [Vietnam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam "Vietnam").[\[197\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-197)[\[198\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-198)[\[199\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-199) Currently, the number of Vietnamese first- and second-tier suppliers in Samsung's global supply chain has increased tenfold, from 25 businesses in 2014 to 257 businesses by the end of 2022.[\[200\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-200)[\[191\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:1-191)
Controversies
Labor abuses
Samsung was the subject of several complaints about [child labor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour "Child labour") in its supply chain from 2012 to 2015.
In July 2014, Samsung cut its contract with Shinyang Electronics after it received a complaint about the company violating child labor laws.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201) Samsung says that its investigation turned up evidence of Shinyang using underage workers and that it severed relations immediately per its "zero tolerance" policy for child labor violations.
One of Samsung's Chinese supplier factories, HEG, was criticized for using underage workers by [China Labor Watch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Labor_Watch "China Labor Watch") (CLW) in July 2014. HEG denied the charges and has sued China Labor Watch.[\[202\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-202)[\[203\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-203) CLW issued a statement in August 2014 claiming that HEG employed over ten children under the age of 16 at a factory in [Huizhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizhou "Huizhou"), [Guangdong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong "Guangdong"). The group said the youngest child identified was 14 years old. Samsung said that it conducted an onsite investigation of the production line that included one-on-one interviews but found no evidence of child labor being used. CLW responded that HEG had already dismissed the workers described in its statement before Samsung's investigators arrived.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201)
CLW also claimed that HEG violated overtime rules for adult workers. CLW said a female college student was only paid her standard wage despite working four hours of overtime per day even though Chinese law requires overtime pay at 1.5 to 2.0 times standard wages.[\[201\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-CLW-201)
In 2020, the [Australian Strategic Policy Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Strategic_Policy_Institute "Australian Strategic Policy Institute") accused at least 82 major brands, including Samsung, of being connected to alleged forced [Uyghur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs "Uyghurs") labor in [Xinjiang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang "Xinjiang").[\[204\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-204)
Union-busting activity
Samsung has a no-union policy and has been engaged in union-busting activities around the world.[\[205\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-205)[\[206\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-206) Samsung has also been sued by a union for stealing the corpse of a dead worker.[\[207\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Hankyoreh_2014-207)[\[208\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-208) On 6 May 2020, Samsung vice chairman [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_\(businessman\) "Lee Jae-yong (businessman)") apologized for the union-busting scandals.[\[209\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-209)
2007 slush fund scandal
Kim Yong-chul, the former head of the legal department at Samsung's Restructuring Office, and [Catholic Priests Association for Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Priests_Association_for_Justice "Catholic Priests Association for Justice") uncovered [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee")'s [slush fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slush_fund "Slush fund") on 29 October 2007. He presented a list of 30 artworks that the Lee family purchased with some of the slush funds, which were to be found in Samsung's warehouse in south of [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul"), along with documents about bribes to prosecutors, judges and lawmakers, tax collectors with thousands of borrowed-named bank account.[\[210\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-210)[\[211\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-211)
The court sentenced [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") to 3 years' imprisonment with 5 years' probation, and fined him [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")11 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")9\.62 million). But on 29 December 2009, the South Korean president [Lee Myung-bak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak "Lee Myung-bak") specially pardoned Lee, stating that the intent of the pardon was to allow Lee to remain on the [International Olympic Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee "International Olympic Committee").[\[212\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-212)
Kim Yong-chul published the book *Thinking about Samsung* in 2010. He wrote detailed accounts of Samsung's behavior and how the company lobbied governmental authorities including the court officials, prosecutors and national tax service officials for transferring Samsung's management rights to [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong_\(businessman\) "Lee Jae-yong (businessman)").[\[213\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-213)
Lee Kun-hee's prostitution scandal
In July 2016, the investigative journal KCIJ-Newstapa released a video which appeared to show Samsung chairman [Lee Kun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee "Lee Kun-hee") paying a group of prostitutes for sex acts.[\[214\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-214) The footage was filmed on five separate occasions between December 2011 and June 2013 both at Lee's residence and a secret rental home.[\[215\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-215)
Police detained six suspects for taking the compromising videos without Lee Kun-hee's knowledge.[\[216\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-216) Investigators stated that, by threatening to release the tapes, the suspects were able to extort [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")500 million ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")437,082.04) from Samsung, a claim which Samsung representatives denied.[\[217\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:0-217)
One of the suspects, surnamed Seon, was a former executive of a competitor [Chaebol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol "Chaebol"), [CJ CheilJedang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_CheilJedang "CJ CheilJedang"), which used to be part of Samsung Group until its separation in 1993.[\[218\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-218) Lee Kun-hee's older brother is [Lee Jay-hyun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jay-hyun "Lee Jay-hyun"), the Chairman of CJ CheilJedang, and the two shared a heated rivalry.[\[219\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-219) This fraternal feud fueled rumours that, as a former CJ employee had been indicted, Lee Jay-hyun had co-ordinated the scandal against his younger brother. However, prosecutors were not able to find sufficient evidence that CJ's leadership had knowledge or involvement in their former executive's actions.[\[220\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-220)
On 12 April 2018, [Supreme Court of Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Korea "Supreme Court of Korea") sentenced the former employee of [CJ CheilJedang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ_CheilJedang "CJ CheilJedang") to four years and six months in prison for blackmail and intimidation.[\[221\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-221)
While it was speculated that prosecutors were looking into Lee Kun-hee's culpability for sex trafficking, charges were never pursued, likely due to his health.[\[217\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-:0-217) Lee Kun-hee had suffered a heart attack in 2014 and had lapsed into a coma, where he remained until his death in 2020.[\[222\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-222)[\[223\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-223)
2017 bribery scandal
In February 2017, [de facto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto "De facto") Samsung leader [Lee Jae-yong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-yong "Lee Jae-yong") was arrested for bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury. In return for government approval for a merger of two Samsung affiliates, it was alleged that Lee paid [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")43 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")37\.59 million) to a close friend of incumbent President [Park Geun-hye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye "Park Geun-hye").[\[224\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-224) He was convicted and initially sentenced to 5 years incarceration, but left prison after a year when the Seoul High Court [suspended](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended_sentence "Suspended sentence") and halved his sentence.[\[225\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-225)[\[226\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-226) Then, following a retrial in 2021, Lee was sent back to prison for 2.5 years.[\[227\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-227) He was released early after serving 10 months of his sentence in August 2021 as part of South Korea's yearly tradition of clemency on [Liberation Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Day_of_Korea "National Liberation Day of Korea").[\[228\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-228) In August 2022, Lee received a presidential pardon, which was supported by 70% of the Korean public, according to local polls.[\[229\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-229)
Supporting far-right groups
The investigative team of special prosecutors looking into the [2016 South Korean political scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal "2016 South Korean political scandal") announced that the [Blue House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House "Blue House") received money from South Korea's four largest chaebols (Samsung, [Hyundai Motor Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Group "Hyundai Motor Group"), [SK Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Group "SK Group") and [LG Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Group "LG Group")) to fund pro-government demonstrations by conservative and far-right organizations such as the Korean Parent Federation (KPF) and the Moms Brigade.[\[230\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-230)
Price fixing
On 19 October 2011, Samsung companies were fined €145,727,000 for being part of a price cartel of ten companies for [DRAMs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM "DRAM") which lasted from 1 July 1998 to 15 June 2002. The companies received, like most of the other members of the cartel, a 10% reduction for acknowledging the facts to investigators. Samsung had to pay 90% of their share of the settlement, but Micron avoided payment as a result of having initially revealed the case to investigators.[\[231\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-Antitrust:_Commission_fines_DRAM_producers_%E2%82%AC331_million_for_price_cartel;_reaches_first_settlement_in_a_cartel_case-231)
In Canada, during 1999, some [DRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory "Dynamic random-access memory") microchip manufacturers [conspired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_\(criminal\) "Conspiracy (criminal)") to price fix, among the accused included Samsung. The price fix was investigated in 2002. A recession started to occur that year, and the price fix ended; however, in 2014, the Canadian government reopened the case and investigated silently. Sufficient evidence was found and presented to Samsung and two other manufacturers during a [class action lawsuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action_lawsuit "Class action lawsuit") hearing. The companies agreed upon a \$120 million agreement, with \$40 million as a fine, and \$80 million to be paid back to Canadians who purchased a computer, printer, MP3 player, gaming console or camera from April 1999 to June 2002.[\[232\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-232)
Misleading claims
In Australia during 2022, Australia's competition and consumer commission fined Samsung AU\$14 million. The fine came due to misleading water resistance claims for over 3.1 million smartphones. The commission stated that during 2016–2018 the company advertised its Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, A5, A7, S8, S8 Plus and Note 8 devices as able to survive short immersion in water. However, after many user complaints about the devices having issues after water submersion, such as charger port corrosion. The ACCC have officially labelled the fact these devices have "water resistance" listed as a feature misleading and proceeded with the fine.[\[233\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-233)
Spyware attack on Samsung phones
According to reports, a type of spyware called Landfall has been active on Samsung Galaxy phones in the Middle East in selected countries including Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Morocco since 2024. This spyware is capable of accessing complete information including photos, sounds and calls without a single click from the user. This dangerous spyware was sent via WhatsApp and infected many Samsung phones over the course of a year.[\[234\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-234)[\[235\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-235)[\[236\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-236)[\[237\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-237)[\[238\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#cite_note-238)
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