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Samsung is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. Founded in March 1938 in Daegu, Korea, it operates in around 58 countries and it has over 201,000 workers. The turnover in 2003 was about 101.7 billion USD. On the list of top 100 brands of the world, Samsung is the only Korean brand listed.

Samsung (meaning three stars in Korean) was founded by Lee Byungchul.

Samsung is one of the largest South Korean chaebol (conglomerates). It started as an exports company in 1938, but soon diversified. In 1953, Samsung started sugar production, a business no longer part of Samsung. In 1958 insurance services started, in 1963 a department store was added.

In 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio Samsung started the Joong-Ang Ilbo daily newspaper. Today this paper has no affiliation with the company.

Samsung Electronics was founded in 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i. In 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped Samsung petrochemical and heavy industries followed. The company was awarded an export prize by the government as part of the country's development programme in 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s. As a result, Samsung construction emerged a mere three months later the following year. Shipbuilding was added in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar.

The enormous diversification of the 70s continued in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends. In 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du, Samsung established a professional baseballBusch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport in which a small hand-sized ball is thrown and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases, hence the name. The ball itself is also called a base team. In 1983 Samsung produced its first computer chip: a 64k DRAM. Towards the end of the decade, Samsung pushed its efforts in petrochemicals and electronics.

The 1990s saw Samsung rise as an international corporation. Not only did it acquire a number of businesses abroad, but also began leading the way in certain electronic components. Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia in 1993.

Samsung survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 relatively unharmed. It has kept expanding since then. Samsung's brand strength has been able to improve impressively in the last few years, despite coming from an environment of scandal and political intrigue. Samsung is now one of the leading manufacturers in plasma displays, although it has struggled with building an image of being an innovator created by legal controversies over patent infringements with companies such as Fujitsu who claim to have created plasma display technology first.