Samsung Electronics
South Korean multinational electronics corporation
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC; stylized as SΛMSUNG; Korean: 삼성전자) is a South Korean multinational consumer electronics and semiconductor corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is the flagship listed company of the Samsung chaebol and a major supplier of memory chips, displays, smartphones and home appliances.
In 2025 the company reported record revenue of ₩333.61 trillion (US$291.63 billion) and operating profit of ₩43.6 trillion (US$38.11 billion). As of September 2026, its market capitalization was about US$1.2 trillion, making it one of the biggest in the world. It is the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductor memory, including DRAM and NAND flash, and has been the largest television manufacturer by revenue every year since 2006. Together with Apple Inc., it is one of the two largest smartphone vendors; Samsung has frequently led global unit shipments since 2012, though the annual lead has changed in recent years.
Samsung is best known for the Samsung Galaxy brand, including the flagship Galaxy S series, mid-range Galaxy A series, budget Galaxy M series, and foldable Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip lines. It also makes Galaxy Tab tablets, and previously pioneered the phablet form with the discontinued Galaxy Note family. Related software and services include Samsung Wallet and Samsung TV Plus.
“Samsung Electronics” enters the record as south Korean multinational electronics corporation. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Samsung, Electronics and South can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20718. VIAF identifies the subject as 161005681. The Library of Congress control number is n85022222. None of the 6 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1969, 2025, 2026 and 2006.
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