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title: "Samsung Electronics: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: ", Ltd. is a South Korean multinational consumer electronics and semiconductor corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics
type: Organization
wikidata: Q20718
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics
website: https://samsung.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Samsung Electronics

> , Ltd. is a South Korean multinational consumer electronics and semiconductor corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: South Korea
- Founded: 1969-01-13
- Headquarters: Seoul
- Status: public
- Website: https://samsung.com/
- Employees: 109,541 (as of 2021-01-01)
- Also known as: Samsung, Samsung Electric Industries, Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si), Samsung Electronics Ltd, Samsung Semiconductor, SΛMSUNG
- Industries: electronics industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/samsungtomorrow
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/samsung
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C-970d2o-YGLPqsG6FcWQ
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SamsungNewsroom
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samsungmobileusa

## Key people

- Lee Byung-chul, founder (South Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987))
- Koh Dong-jin, chief executive (South Korean businessman)
- Kim Hyun Suk, chief executive (South Korean entrepreneur (born 1961), CEO of Samsung)
- Kim Ki Nam, chief executive (CEO of Samsung)
- Lee Jae-yong, chief executive (South Korean business executive), since 2022-01-01
- Han Jo Kim, board member (banker), since 2019-01-01
- Curie Ahn, board member (researcher), since 2019-01-01
- Koh Dong-jin, board member (South Korean businessman)
- Kim Hyun Suk, board member (South Korean entrepreneur (born 1961), CEO of Samsung)
- Kim Ki Nam, board member (CEO of Samsung)
- Byung-Gook Park, board member (researcher (1959-2022))
- Pranav Mistry (Indian computer scientist)
- Valeria de Paiva (Brazilian mathematician, logician, and computer scientist)
- Geesung Choi (South Korean businessman)
- David Naccache (cryptographer)
- Chin Dae-je (South Korean politician and businessman)
- Eric B. Kim (Korean–American businessman)

## Revenue

- 2015-01-01: KRW 200650 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-01-01: KRW 201870 billion (Wikidata)
- 2019-01-01: KRW 230400.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: KRW 236807 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-01-01: KRW 279604.8 billion (Wikidata)
- 2022-01-01: KRW 302231.4 billion (Wikidata)
- 2023-01-01: KRW 258935.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2024-01-01: KRW 300870.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2025-01-01: KRW 333605.9 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [Harman International Industries](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-harman-international-industries.md), [Dacor](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-dacor.md), [Joyent](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-joyent.md), [Samsung Medison](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-medison.md), [Samsung Display](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-display.md), [SmartThings](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-smartthings.md), [Samsung Electronics Limited](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-limited.md), [Samsung Electronics Holding](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-holding.md), [Samsung Electronics America](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-america.md), [Samsung Mobile Display](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-mobile-display.md), [Samsung Electronics Czech and Slovak](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-czech-and-slovak.md), [Samsung Electronics Slovakia](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-slovakia.md), [Samsung (China) Semiconductor](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-china-semiconductor.md), [Samsung Electronics Benelux B.V.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics-benelux-b-v.md)

## Products

- hard disk drive platter

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Samsung Electronics, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-samsung-electronics#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20718, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics

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