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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
삼성전자
三星電子
Type
Public
Traded as
KRX: 005930, KRX:005935, LSE: SMSN,LSE: SMSD
Industry
Consumer electronics
Telecoms equipment
Semiconductors
Home appliances
Founded
1969 (Samsung Electric Industries)
1988 (Samsung Electronics)
Headquarters
Suwon, Gyeonggi Province,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)
BK Yoon (President and CEO)
Products
See products listing
Revenue
₩201.103 trillion (2012)[1]
Operating income US$18.8634614 billion(2012)[1]
Profit
₩23.845 trillion (2012)[1]
Total assets ₩181.071 trillion (2012)[1]
Total equity ₩121.480 trillion (2012)[1]
Employees
326,000 (2014)[1]
Parent
Samsung Group
Website
www.samsung.com
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子) is a South Koreanmultinational electronics company headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.[2] It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group and has been the world's largest information technology company by revenues since 2009.[3] Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 88 countries and employs around 370,000 people.[4] For 2012 the CEO is Kwon Oh-Hyun.[5]
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.[6] [7]
In recent years, the company has diversified into consumer electronics.[8] It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones fueled by the popularity of itsSamsung Galaxy line of devices.[9] The company is also a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly its