Samsung Group

Overview

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• Ticker005930 on Korean Stock Exchange¹
• Industryconglomerate¹
• HeadquartersSamsung Town¹
• Founded inSuwon¹
• Websitewww.samsung.com
• Legal formprivately held company, public company¹

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Samsung Group (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, most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest chaebol (family-controlled conglomerates in South Korea). As of 2024, Samsung has the world's fifth-highest brand value.²

The story

Founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938, in Suwon.¹

Leadership

Who has led Samsung Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderLee Byung-chul¹
• Chief executive officerLee Jae-yong¹

Products and brands

• aircraft construction
• car
• chemistry
• clothing
• dynamic random-access memory
• electrical appliance
• electronic component
• electronics
• entertainment
• finance
• flash memory
• home appliance
• medical equipment
• mobile phone
• networking hardware
• shipbuilding

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

• Cheil Worldwide
• Samsung (Brazil)
• Samsung (Israel)
• Samsung (Japan)
• Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
• Samsung Engineering
• Samsung Heavy Industries
• Samsung Life Insurance
• Samsung Next
• Samsung Petrochemical

Also owns

• Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology 49%
• AKG Acoustics
• AMX LLC
• Bang & Olufsen
• Crown International
• Dbx, Inc.
• Harman Becker Automotive Systems
• Harman International Industries
• Harman Kardon
• JBL
• Lexicon
• Mark Levinson
• Martin Professional
• Revel Audio
• Samsung
• Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
• Samsung Telecommunications
• Soundcraft
• A&R Cambridge Ltd since Jul 2017

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. Jul 2017Acquired A&R Cambridge Ltd¹

Employees over time

• 2024262,647¹
• 2014590,000¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 2018$208.5B¹

Net income

• 2017$37.1B¹

Timeline

1. 1938Founded Founded in Suwon¹

Links

• Websitegalaxystore.ru¹
• Websitewww.samsung.com¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/SamsungCamera¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/Samsung¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCWwgaK7x0_FR1goeSRazfsQ¹
• WikipediaSamsung
• WikidataQ20716