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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 72% of the group's revenue in 2012, and has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership. It is majority-owned by foreign investors.

Founded1969
FounderLee Byung-chul
HeadquartersSuwon, South Korea
▸ SOCIAL PRESENCE
▸ VITAL STATS
Global Brand Rank #5 ($90.5B) Interbrand Best Global Brands 2025
Global smartphone shipments 23% Counterpoint Research, Q2 2026
▸ CLIMATE COMMITMENT

Carbon neutrality by 2050 globally (Device Experience division by 2030); joined the RE100 renewable-energy initiative in 2022.

Real progress: Independent analysis (NewClimate Institute) notes the 2050 target only covers Scope 1 and 2 emissions — not Scope 3, which is the large majority of a hardware manufacturer's real footprint — and amounts to roughly a 20% real reduction from 2019 levels once that scope limitation is accounted for.

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▸ TIMELINE
1938 The wider Samsung Group founded by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company, three decades before Samsung Electronics was spun out.
1969 Samsung Electronics founded as an electronics subsidiary of the wider Samsung Group (Samsung Group itself founded 1938).
2010 First Galaxy S smartphone launched.
2011 Galaxy Note launched, helping popularize the large-screen 'phablet' category.
2019 Galaxy Fold launched — one of the first mass-market foldable smartphones.
▸ NOTABLE PRODUCTS
Galaxy S26 Ultra Galaxy S26 Ultra View / Buy →
Galaxy Z Fold7 Galaxy Z Fold7 View / Buy →
Memory chips & semiconductors
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