Samsung facts for kids

The Samsung logo

Samsung is a large worldwide company based in Seoul. It was founded in 1938 in South Korea by Lee Byoung Chul. Samsung means "three stars" in Korean.

Samsung has many different businesses. It makes mobile phones, cameras and other electronics. 'Samsung Electronics' who sell Samsung Galaxy products. Samsung is the best known South Korean brand in the world.

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

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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
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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