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Samsung is giving American and Japanese electronics giants a run for their money. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korea: SEC) was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea. The company is one of the largest chip and electronics makers, offering a range of consumer products like TVs, DVD players, audio and video equipment, cameras, memory and chips, phones, and networking devices. The Company has annual revenue of about $84.2 billion and employs about 123,000 people. In March 2006 the company unveiled the world's first 8GB Hard Disk embedded smartphone (model: SGH-i310).
Vice Chairman & Co-CEO
Hak Soo LeeNumber of Employees 150,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing: 335224
Recent Events
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Samsung Launches Smartphone Platform
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Korea's smartphone launch to have mixed impact
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Samsung Launches Bada Smartphone Platform
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Samsung Launches Media Application with Ubitus Cloud Computing Technology
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Stringer Wants to Stay for Sony's Turnaround
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Samsung Debuts the Diva Collection 2010 with S7070 and S5150
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Samsung confirms it filed complaint against Sharp
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Reportlinker Adds Monitors Computer - A Global Market Perspective
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Samsung taps Silicon Hive video system IP
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Samsung Launches Ubiquitous Media Application, Pocket Media, with Ubitus Cloud Computing Technology
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Samsung files U.S. patent suit against Sharp
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Samsung Releases 30-nm-class, 3-bit Multi-Level-Cell NAND Chips
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Reportlinker Adds Flat Panel Displays - An International Market Report
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Samsung Releases 2-Terabyte External Hard Drive with eSATA Interface
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TV Price Cuts Help Retailers Tout Deals
News & Analysis
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Samsung renews chip licence with SanDisk
Korean device manufacturer Samsung has extended its existing chip licence agreement with US storage specialist SanDisk for another seven years. The extension is set at a lower royalty rate than previously and Samsung is committed to shipping a certain amount of its chips to SanDisk. Samsung pays around USD350m...
Tech General Roundup: Intel's New Chip; Pioneer Bests Samsung; More
New Intel chip screams; entire semiconductor industry screams, but for another reason; Pioneer gets judgment against Samsung; Firefox struggles at 20 percent market share; and ultrawideband not looking so well. by Erik Sherman
SanDisk: The Jerry Yang School of Investor Relations?
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: SanDisk SNDK shares are sharply lower this morning after Samsung withdrew its offer to acquire the company. In a letter to SanDisk disclosed late yesterday, Samsung Electronics CEO Yoon Woo Lee said he is “disappointed” that the two companies could not reach an agreement....
SKorea's Samsung Electronics sheds 1,600 jobs
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest producer of memory chips, has shed more than 1,600 jobs this year -- the first fall in its labour force for five years, figures showed Sunday. Data reported to financial authorities show the number of Samsung employees was 85,269...
Samsung claims most powerful memory chip
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has developed the world's most powerful memory chip, which could help create a memory card capable of storing 80 DVD movies. The company said in a statement it has developed the world's first 64-gigabit NAND flash memory product, which...
Samsung ships 3G phones with Broadcom chips (Electronic News)
In a decisive step toward the future of 3G technology, communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. http://www.broadcom.com announced today that Samsung Electronics http://www.samsung.com has included Broadcom's 3G cellular solutions for a new series of In a decisive step toward the future of 3G technology, communications chip...
Samsung Electronics posts solid profits
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its third quarter net profit had recovered to the level hit a year earlier on brisk demand despite low semiconductor prices. The firm famous for making computer memory chips, mobile phones and displays said its net profit for the...
Samsung to up chip output to compensate for power outage losses (Electronic News)
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. http://www.samsung.com has launched into overdrive in an attempt to minimize the fallout from a power outage that hit one of its chip production plants last week and forced the company to halt a total of six chip manufac Samsung Electronics Co....
Power outage forces Samsung to shut down 6 production lines in South Korea (Electronic News)
A power outage at a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. http://www.samsung.com plant near Seoul, South Korea caused the company to shut down six of its chip production lines, the company announced today, in an event that analysts say could have significant A power outage at a...
SKorea's Samsung resumes chip production
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chipmaker, on Saturday resumed production at its key plant after a day's suspension due to a power failure. "Operations at all six affected production lines returned to normal as of noon Saturday, with power back on overnight," a...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Doh Seok Choi | President & CFO |
| Youngsoo Kim | Vice President of Corporate Strategy |
| Jeongmin Kim | |
| Kisoo Chang | |
| Michael Malcy | |
| Tetsuo Iwasaki | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Hak Soo Lee | Vice Chairman & Co-CEO |
| Jong Yong Yun | Vice Chairman & Co-CEO |
| Hak-Soo Lee | Chairman's Office and Head of, Samsung Strategic Planning Office |
| Chae-Woong Lee | Board of Directors |
| Dong-Min Yoon | Board of Directors |
| Goran S. Malm | Board of Directors |
| Jae-Sung Hwang | Board of Directors |
| Jong-Yong Yun | Board of Directors |
| Kun-Hee Lee | Board of Directors |
| Sandip Tiwari | Advisory Board |
| Yoon-Woo Lee | Vice Chairman, Corp Technology Operations & Global Collaboration |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice Chairman & Co-CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice Chairman & Co-CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | President & CFO | Current |
Youngsoo Kim is Vice President of Corporate Strategy Planning Team of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. a position he has held since January, 2004. In this function he is responsible for the areas of strategic alliance, mergers and acquisitions as well as new business development.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice President of Corporate Strategy | Current |
| Continua Health Alliance | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Current | |
| Korea Telecom | Current | |
| Seoul National University | Doctorate Program | Former |
Kisoo joined Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd. at 1984 and engaged in R&D area more than 20 years. After joining in Samsung Electronics at 1984 and worked for developement of G4 and G3 Fax system, ADSL system as a Software part leader and Broadband network terminal equipment and so on.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Current | |
| Zigbee | Board of Directors | Current |
Michael Malcy leverages his extensive consumer, broadcast, and industrial electronics background in his role as Vice President of Business Development & Marketing at Vidiom Systems. He oversees all consulting, marketing, and business development functions. Mike brings a substantial amount of standards experience to Vidiom having participated in the CableLabs, OpenCable, DOCSIS, and CableHome efforts. He is also a member of SCTE, ATSC, and CEA; the Vice Chairman of the Technical Standards Committee of the Consumer Electronics Association; and a member of the Cable & Telecommunication Association for Marketing. Prior to Vidiom, Michael was Vice President of the Digital Convergence Team at Samsung Electronics Product Innovation Lab, where he managed new product strategy and development for cable, music, and new technologies. Michael spent several years at Sharp Laboratories of America where he was responsible for both the formulation of Sharp's technical position in standards bodies as well as the development of broadband applications with an emphasis on Cable, HDTV, and DSL. Mike has over 20 years of experience in electronics industries. His work history includes Samsung Electronics, Sharp Laboratories of America, Ikegami, and Anton Bauer.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cea, Llp | Current | |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Current | |
| Scte | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Chairman's Office and Head of, Samsung Strategic Planning Office | Current |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Chairman & Co-CEO | Former |
| Samsung Group | Chairman | Former |
| Samsung Corporation | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Samsung Group | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Anvik Corporation | Advisory Board | Current |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Advisory Board | Current |
| Advanced Design Consulting USA, Inc | Advisory Board | Current |
| Textools Communications | Advisory Board | Current |
A founder, chairman and CEO of Applied Materials, Japan and served as the region's president for 10 years. He holds an elected corporate senior vice president position of Applied Materials, Inc and chairman of AKT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Material for TFT-LCD manufacturing equipment business. He also is an outside director Of Samsung Electronics and a member of the advisory board of Toshiba Ceramics, Co, and Development Bank of Japan. He served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Samsung Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice Chairman, Corp Technology Operations & Global Collaboration | Current |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Vice Chairman, Corp Technology Operations & Global Collaboration | Current |
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