Samsung

1. History

1.1. Founded in 1938

1.2. Founder Lee Byung-chul

1.3. The company started as a food exporter in Korea and shipped items like dried fish and flour to China.

1.4. First founded in Taegu, Korea

2. Revenue

2.1. US$ 231.2 billion (2014)

3. Employees

3.1. 489,000 (2014)

4. Headquarters

4.1. Seoul, South Korea

4.1.1. Austin, Texas,

4.1.2. San Diego, CA

4.1.3. Silicon Valley, Southern California

4.1.4. San Jose, California

5. Industry

5.1. Conglomerate

6. Key people

6.1. Kwon Oh-hyun (Vice chairman and CEO)

6.2. JK Shin (President and CEO)

6.3. Lee Kun Hee (Chairman)

6.4. BK Yoon (President and CEO)

6.5. Lee Jae-yong (Vice chairman)

7. Products

7.1. Apparel

7.2. chemicals

7.3. medical equipment

7.4. ships

7.5. telecommunications equipment

7.6. consumer electronics

7.7. electronic components

7.8. semiconductors