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Native name | 삼성전자 주식회사 |
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| Hanja | 三星電子株式會社 |
| Revised Romanization | Samseong Jeonja Jusikhoesa |
| Formerly | Samsung Electric Industries (1969–1988) |
| Company type | Public |
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| ISIN | KR7005930003 |
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| Founded | 13 January 1969 in Suwon, South Korea |
| Headquarters | Samsung Digital City, Samsungno 129, Maetan-dong, Yeongtong District, Suwon , South Korea[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | See products listing |
| Revenue |  US$198.247 billion (2023) |
Operating income | US$5.027 billion (2023) |
Net income | US$11.857 billion (2023) |
| Total assets |  US$349.053 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | US$278.441 billion (2023) |
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Number of employees | 270,372 (December 2023) |
| Parent | Samsung |
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| Website | samsung.com |
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CE: Consumer electronics
DS: Device solutions
IM: IT & mobile communications
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子; RR: Samseong Jeonja; lit. Tristar Electronics; sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea.[1] It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.[4]
Samsung Electronics has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership.[5] Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 74 countries and employs more than 270,000 people.[6] It is majority-owned by foreign investors.[7][8] As of 2019,[update] Samsung Electronics is the world's second-largest technology company by revenue, and its market capitalization stood at US$520.65 billion, the 12th largest in the world.[9]
Samsung is the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones since 2011. Samsung is best known for its Samsung Galaxy brand including the Samsung Galaxy S series which was first produced in 2010. It has developed 5G-capable smartphones, including the Galaxy S24,[10] and foldable phones, including the Galaxy Z Fold 5.[11] The company is a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly its Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is regarded for developing the phablet market with the Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices.[12] Samsung has also been the world's largest television manufacturer since 2006 as well as the world's largest soundbar brand.[13][14]
The company is a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, image sensors, camera modules, and displays for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC, and Nokia.[15][16] It is also the world's largest semiconductor memory manufacturer[17] and from 2017 to 2018, has been the largest semiconductor company in the world, briefly dethroning Intel, the decades-long champion.[18]
In 2012, Kwon Oh-hyun was appointed the company's CEO. He announced in October 2017 that he would resign in March 2018, citing an "unprecedented crisis".[19][20][21] The company had three CEOs (Ki Nam Kim, Hyun Suk Kim, and Dong-Jin Koh) from March 2018[22][23] until December 2021, when the business units were reorganized and they were replaced by Kyung Kye-Hyun and Han Jong-hee.[24][25] It has also had a separate regional CEO, HC Hong, who led the business in Southwest Asia since 2015 and then moved to Latin America in 2020.[26][27][28]
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- ^ "Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics Reaches All-time High of 57.33%". Businesskorea. 8 May 2019.
- ^ 박, 상수 (12 January 2020). "Samsung Electronics ranks 18th worldwide in market cap". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Samsung S24 series". www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s24/. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy Fold 5". www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-z-fold5/. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Samsung gains tablet market share as Apple lead narrows". BBC News. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Samsung To Add LCD Cell Lines in Tangjeong". EETimes. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ "Samsung Number 1 Soundbar Brand". news.samsung.com/global/samsung-soundbar-ranks-no-1-in-global-sales-for-9-consecutive-years. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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- ^ Sohn, Jiyoung (7 December 2021). "Samsung Replaces CEOs, Merges Mobile and Consumer Electronics Businesses". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Samsung names new CEOs, to merge mobile, consumer electronics units". CNBC. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Samsung's HC Hong, who got India on global smartphone map, begins new role". mint. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Samsung Moves India Chief HC Hong To Latin America". BW Businessworld. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Ians (24 January 2020). "Samsung's HC Hong who put India on world map begins new chapter". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.