South Korean multinational electronics corporation
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Samsung .
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean : 삼성전자 ; Hanja : 三星電子 ; RR : Samseong Jeonja ; lit. Tristar Electronics; sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG ) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu , Suwon , South Korea.[1] It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol , accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.[4]
Samsung Electronics has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership .[5] Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 74 countries and employs more than 270,000 people.[6] It is majority-owned by foreign investors.[7] [8] 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.[9]
Samsung is the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones since 2011. Samsung is best known for its Samsung Galaxy brand including the Samsung Galaxy S series which was first produced in 2010. It has developed 5G -capable smartphones, including the Galaxy S24 ,[10] and foldable phones, including the Galaxy Z Fold 5 .[11] The company is a major vendor of tablet computers , particularly its Android -powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is regarded for developing the phablet market with the Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices.[12] Samsung has also been the world's largest television manufacturer since 2006 as well as the world's largest soundbar brand.[13] [14]
The company is 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 .[15] [16] It is also the world's largest semiconductor memory manufacturer[17] and from 2017 to 2018, was the largest semiconductor company in the world, briefly dethroning Intel , the decades-long champion.[18]
In 2012, Kwon Oh-hyun was appointed the company's CEO. He announced in October 2017 that he would resign in March 2018, citing an "unprecedented crisis".[19] [20] [21] The company had three CEOs (Ki Nam Kim, Hyun Suk Kim, and Dong-Jin Koh) from March 2018[22] [23] until December 2021, when the business units were reorganized and they were replaced by Kyung Kye-Hyun and Han Jong-hee.[24] [25] It has also had a separate regional CEO, HC Hong, who led the business in Southwest Asia since 2015 and then moved to Latin America in 2020.[26] [27] [28]
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