Native name | 삼성전자 주식회사 |
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Hanja | 三星電子株式會社 |
Revised Romanization | Samseong Jeonja Jusikhoesa |
Formerly | Samsung Electric Industries (1969–1988) |
Company type | Public |
ISIN | KR7005930003 |
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Founded | 13 January 1969Suwon, South Korea | in
Headquarters | Samsung Digital City , Samsungno 129, Maetan-dong, , South Korea[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | See products listing |
Revenue | US$198.247 billion (2023) |
US$5.027 billion (2023) | |
US$11.857 billion (2023) | |
Total assets | US$349.053 billion (2023) |
Total equity | US$278.441 billion (2023) |
Owners |
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Number of employees | 270,372 (2023) |
Parent | Samsung |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | samsung.com |
Footnotes / references Financials as of fiscal year ended 31 December 2023.[update] References:[3] |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC; stylised as SΛMSUNG; Korean: 삼성전자; RR: Samseong Jeonja; lit. Tristar Electronics) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded on 13 January 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea.[1] It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012,[4] and has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership.[5] It is majority-owned by foreign investors.[6][7]
As of 2019,[update] Samsung Electronics is the world's second-largest technology company by revenue, and its market capitalization stood at US$520.65 billion, the 12th largest in the world.[8] It ranks as the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones since 2011 — starting with the original Samsung Solstice, and most notably its Samsung Galaxy brand and its flagship Galaxy S series — and has also been the largest television manufacturer since 2006,[9][10] both of which include related software and services like Samsung Pay and TV Plus. The company pioneered the phablet form factor with the Galaxy Note family.[11] Samsung is also a major vendor of washing machines, refrigerators, computer monitors and soundbars.[12]
Samsung Electronics is also a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, image sensors, camera modules, and displays for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC, and Nokia.[13][14] It is also the world's largest semiconductor memory manufacturer[15] and from 2017 to 2018, was the largest semiconductor company in the world, briefly dethroning Intel, the decades-long champion.[16] Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 76 countries and employs more than 260,000 people.[17]