Samsung facts for kids

Samsung
Hangul	삼성
Hanja	三星
Revised Romanization	Samseong
McCune–Reischauer	Samsŏng

Samsung
	Samsung Town in the Gangnam Station area of Seoul, South Korea
Native name	삼성 (三星)
Industry	Conglomerate
People who started it	Lee Byung-chul
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Lee Kun-hee; (Chairman); Lee Jae-yong; (Vice Chairman)
Things made	Apparel, automotive, 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
Money earned	US$208,49 billion
Net income	US$37.1 billion
Total assets	US$265 billion
Total equity	US$188.9 billion
Employees	320,671
Subsidiaries	Samsung Electronics; Samsung Engineering; Samsung C&T Corporation; Samsung Heavy Industries; Samsung SDS; Samsung Life Insurance; Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance; Cheil Worldwide
Website	samsung.com

Samsung 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 was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail.

Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth.

Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since 1990, Samsung has increasingly globalised its activities and electronics; in particular, its mobile phones and semiconductors have become its most important source of income.

As of 2017, Samsung has the 6th highest global brand value.

Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the "Miracle on the Han River". Its affiliate companies produce around a fifth of South Korea's total exports. Samsung's revenue was equal to 17% of South Korea's $1,082 billion GDP.

Samsung also is the sponsor of several sports teams, such as the Chelsea Football Club.

Images for kids

Samsung headquarters
The headquarters of Sanghoes in Daegu in the late 1930s
The SPC-1000, introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (Korean market only) and used an audio cassette tape to load and save data – the floppy drive was optional
The prominent Samsung sign in Times Square, New York City
The Samsung Library at Sungkyunkwan University Natural Sciences Campus in Suwon, South Korea
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance HQ
The world's largest oil and gas project, Sakhalin II- Lunskoye platform under construction. The topside facilities of the LUN-A (Lunskoye) and PA-B (Piltun Astokhskoye) platforms are being built at the Samsung Heavy Industry shipyard in South Korea.
A Samsung display in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics
Samsung Taepyeong-ro HQ in Jung District, Seoul
Samsung Engineering India Office- New Delhi, India
Samsung Japan's regional HQ at Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
The Samsung Hub, formerly 3 Church Street, is a skyscraper located in the Downtown Core of Singapore.
Samsung Byeolpyo noodles logo, used from late 1938 until replaced in 1958
Samsung Group logo, used 1960s