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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$56.7B
  • Public
Dow Jones Description

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 Lee
Number of Employees 150,000
Contact Information

750 2-ga Taepyong-ro

Jung-gu

Seoul 100-742

www.sec.co.kr

(82) 2 727 7114

NAICS Code Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing: 335224

Recent Events

  • Samsung Unveils Thinnest Flash Memory Chip

    11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung renews wireless license with Qualcomm

    11/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Seoul shares seen higher;eyes on Hynix, exporters

    11/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Samsung Electronics and Microsoft MSFT Announce Green IT Collaboration

    11/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • SAMSUNG, MICROSOFT TO COLLABORATE ON MARKETING POWER-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS

    11/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • SAMSUNG TECHWIN TO ACQUIRE SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS' CCTV BIZ

    10/30/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Samsung to recall refrigerators sold in S.Korea

    10/28/09 - Product Recall - View Story

  • Samsung Unveils 3.9mm Thin 40-inch LCD TV Panel

    10/28/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung, Handmark to Fund Mobile Game Development

    10/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung Electronics Selects Tele Atlas for Digital Maps and Location Content

    10/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Samsung launches CorbyPRO to meet needs of youth market

    10/26/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Qualcomm Profit Hit By Charges

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung and TeliaSonera bringing LTE to vikings in 2010

    10/22/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Samsung Launches Mobile DTV Chip

    10/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Comment!

    10/21/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story

  • Phoenix Technologies Partners With Samsung Offering Instant-On Notebooks and Netbooks -- Samsung agreement underscores growing...

    10/21/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Samsung, Phoenix Offering Instant-On Technology for Laptops, Netbooks

    10/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Asian Shares Mostly Decline

    10/21/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Samsung Makes Strategic Investment in Fusion-io

    10/20/09 - New Investment - View Story

News & Analysis

licensing agreement and samsung electronics co. ltd. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Doh Seok Choi President & CFO
Youngsoo Kim Vice President of Corporate Strategy
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

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Chairman's Office and Head of, Samsung Strategic Planning Office Current

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
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
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Director Current

Organization Position Status
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

Executive News

  • Samsung Ex-Chair Clears Legal Hurdle

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 5/31/09 - View Story

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