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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Formerly called
Samsung Electric Industries
Public
Traded as
Industry Consumer electronics
Semiconductors
Home appliances
Founded 13 January 1969; 48 years ago (1969-01-13) (as Samsung Electric Industries)
1988 (1988) (as Samsung Electronics)
Headquarters Yeongtong, Suwon, South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lee Kun-hee
(Chairman)
Lee Jae-yong
(Vice chairman)
Kwon Oh-hyun
(Vice chairman and CEO)
JK Shin
(President and CEO)
Products See products listing
Revenue Decrease140.650 trillion (2015)
Decrease ₩26.410 trillion (2015)
Profit Decrease ₩19.060 trillion (2015)
Total assets Decrease ₩192.179 trillion (2016)
Total equity Increase ₩168.088 trillion (2015)
Number of employees
392,305 (2016)
Parent Samsung (1969–present)
Divisions Samsung Telecommunications
Subsidiaries Samsung Medison (68.5%)
Website samsung.com

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子 (Literally "3 star electronics") (stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Suwon, South Korea. Through extremely complicated ownership structure with some circular ownership it is the flagship division of the Samsung Group, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012. It is the world's second largest information technology company by revenue, after Apple. Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 80 countries and employs around 370,000 people. Since 2012, Kwon Oh-hyun has served as the company's CEO.

Samsung has long been a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash memory and hard drive devices for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC and Nokia.

In recent years, the company has diversified into consumer electronics. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones fueled by the popularity of its Samsung Galaxy line of devices. The company is also a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly its Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is generally regarded as pioneering the phablet market through the Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices.


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