Samsung Semiconductor
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Formerly called
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Samsung Electric Industries (1969-1988) |
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| ISIN | KR7005930003 |
| Industry |
Consumer electronics Semiconductors Home appliances |
| Founded | 13 January 1969 |
| Headquarters | Yeongtong, Suwon, South Korea |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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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 |
 ₩201.870 trillion (2016) |
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₩29.240 trillion (2016) |
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| Profit |
₩22.730 trillion (2016) |
| Total assets |
₩262.174 trillion (2016) |
| Total equity |
₩172.876 trillion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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392,305 (2016) |
| Parent | Samsung Group |
| Divisions | Samsung Telecommunications |
| Subsidiaries |
Samsung Medison (68.5%) Harman International Industries |
| Website | samsung |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子 (Literally "tristar electronics")) 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.
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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