Industry | Conglomerate |
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Founded | 1 March 1938 Daegu, South Korea |
Founder | Lee Byung-chul |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lee Kun-hee (Chairman) Lee Jae-yong (Vice-Chairman) |
Products | Apparel, chemicals, consumer electronics, electronic components, medical equipment, semiconductors, solid state drives, DRAM, ships, telecommunications equipment, home appliances |
Services | Advertising, construction, entertainment, financial services, hospitality, information and communications technology, medical and health care services, retail, shipbuilding |
Revenue | US$305 billion (2014) |
US$22.1 billion (2014) | |
Total assets | US$529.5 billion (2014) |
Total equity | US$231.2 billion (2014) |
Number of employees | 489,000 (2014) |
Divisions | Samsung Electronics Samsung C&T Corporation Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung SDS Samsung Life Insurance Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Cheil Worldwide |
Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate). Samsung is a large worldwide company based in Seoul. Samsung means "three stars" in Korean.