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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$56.7B

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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 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

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Household Laundry Equipment Manufacturing: 335224

Recent Events

Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS?

11/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Samsung Sees 2010 Handset Sales Up 10% to 20%

11/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
SAMSUNG TO RECALL 43,000 MICROWAVE OVENS FROM U.S.

11/10/09 - Product Recall - View Story
Comment: Is Abu Dhabi targeting Intel rather than TSMC?

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Samsung Unveils Thinnest Flash Memory Chip

11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Samsung to Pay $1.3B to Qualcomm for Licenses

11/09/09 - 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

News & Analysis

mp3 player and samsung electronics co. ltd. - All News and Analysis

Samsung's New MP3 Players Have Their Own Sense of Style

- 2008-04-23

Pebble-inspired S2 Shows Good Things Come in Small Packages

Tags: MP3, MP3 player, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Keep Your Samsung MP3 Player Playing with Belkin Accessories; In an Exclusive Worldwide Partnership with Samsung, Belkin Offers a Range of Accessories for the Samsung Z5, K5, and T9 Players, Including an FM Transmitter, Car Chargers, and Cases

- 2006-09-01

COMPTON, Calif. -- Belkin, the exclusive worldwide accessories partner for Samsung MP3 players, today introduces accessories for the Samsung Z5, K5, and T9 players. The line includes an FM transmitter, car chargers, screen overlays, and an array of cases that help you enhance your Samsung listening experience whether in the...

Tags: Belkin Corp., car battery charger, MP3 player, partnership, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., transmitter
IRAN: SAMSUNG DETERMINED TO BOOST MIDDLE EAST MP3 TRADE BY 100%.

- 2005-07-04

According to "Tehran Times", Samsung Electronics, as one of the world innovators in technology, is presenting 10 new models of MP3 players to the market to reinforce its place as one of the giants in this business, a fax released by the Sam According to "Tehran...

Tags: MP3, MP3 player, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
SAMSUNG BEGINS SELLING MP3 PLAYER WITH HARD DISK.

- 2004-11-29

SEOUL, Nov 29 Asia Pulse - Samsung Electronics Co. (KSE:05930) said Monday it is selling a new MP3 player with a hard disk drive in the South Korean market to compete with US Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod digital music player here. SEOUL, Nov...

Tags: hard drive, MP3 player, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Eiger Technology announces MP3 player SAMSUNG YEPP deal.

- 2000-11-02

TORONTO, Nov 02, 2000 TORONTO, Nov 02, 2000

Tags: MP3, MP3 player, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

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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

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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