Samsung Group[1] (Korean: 삼성; pronounced[samsʌŋ]; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. Samsung is a South Korean company originally founded as a grocery trading store by Lee Byung-Chull in March 1938. The company forayed in the electronics industry in 1969 and its first electronic product was a black-and-white television. Soon, the company also started exporting its products and became a major electronic manufacturer in its home country. In 1970, the company acquired a 50 per cent stake in Korea Semiconductor. Based in Suwon, South Korea, Samsung has become one of the most recognizable names in technology and is a major contributor to the country’s exports. Samsung was founded as a grocery trading store on March 1, 1938, by Lee Byung-Chull. Samsung Group[1] (Korean: 삼성; pronounced [samsʌŋ]; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul.
