Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering the consumer electronics industry
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In 2020, the Korean conglomerate Samsung had 267,937 employees worldwide. At its headquarter in South Korea alone, Samsung employed more than a hundred thousand workers as of March 2020.
Samsung Electronics
Founded by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company in 1938, Samsung ventured into the electronics market in the late 1960s and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s. Now one of the largest conglomerates in the world in terms of market value, Samsung is the largest “chaebol” (business conglomerate) in South Korea and accounts for a significant portion of the country’s GDP. The company’s annual revenue amounted to around 206 billion U.S. dollars worldwide in 2018; the mobile communications and semiconductor segments are its largest revenue generators, bringing in billions of U.S. dollars every quarter. Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone line is among the most popular in the world and contributes towards making it one of the largest smartphone brands in the world in terms of worldwide shipments.
Samsung Electronics
Founded by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company in 1938, Samsung ventured into the electronics market in the late 1960s and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s. Now one of the largest conglomerates in the world in terms of market value, Samsung is the largest “chaebol” (business conglomerate) in South Korea and accounts for a significant portion of the country’s GDP. The company’s annual revenue amounted to around 206 billion U.S. dollars worldwide in 2018; the mobile communications and semiconductor segments are its largest revenue generators, bringing in billions of U.S. dollars every quarter. Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone line is among the most popular in the world and contributes towards making it one of the largest smartphone brands in the world in terms of worldwide shipments.
