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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

SEC is in the Manufacturing Industry

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-CEOHak 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

  • GRNB, HDIX, PVSA, PDFS, HBNC, RCKY Expected To Be Lower Leading Up To Next Earnings...

    6/25/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • ITC RULES IN FAVOR OF SAMSUNG AGAINST SHARP ON LCD TECHNOLOGY

    6/24/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • ITC Approves Import Ban on Sharp TVs, Displays

    6/24/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Samsung Reveals 32 Gigabyte DDR3 for Servers

    6/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • SAMSUNG, NUMONYX FORM ALLIANCE ON NEW MEMORY TECHNOLOGY

    6/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Samsung unveils Samsung Jet Smartphone

    6/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung Unveils 32GB DDR3 Memory Modules.

    6/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung Develops Mini-Card Solid State Drive For Netbooks

    6/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • BRIEFING - ASIA ELECTRONICS - JUNE 22, 2009

    6/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung, Toshiba renew NAND patent pact

    6/23/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Samsung's Android Smartphone--The Galaxy--Unveiled

    6/16/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung mobile sales surge 20%: Touch screens are key growth drivers

    6/19/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung Rolls Out Jet

    6/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Samsung Provides WiMax Technology for Mobily Network Expansion

    6/12/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Samsung Crest E1107 Solar Cellphone: Sun-Powered, Dirt Cheap At $59

    6/11/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Mobily, Samsung sign SAR 375m deal to build largest WiMAX network in the Middle East

    6/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement with Samsung for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents

    6/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement with Samsung for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents

    6/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Samsung Launch STAR Phone to Touch Every Lifestyle

    6/06/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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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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