• Samsung is a large conglomerate of companies based in South Korea. Subsidiary Samsung Electronics ranks among the largest electronics companies in the world.

  In February of 2009, Samsung unveiled its new solar powered, full-touch screen cell phone called "Blue Earth." Part of an environmental initiative called The Blue Earth Dream: Eco-living with SAMSUNG mobile, it is charged by solar panels located on the back of the phone.Livescience: Samsung Releases New Solar-Powered Phone (February 21, 2009)

• 1. Founded: 1938
  2. Founder: Lee Byung-chul
  3. HQ: Suwon, South Korea
  4. Traded on the KRX
  5. Chairman: Lee Kun-hee
  6. Lee Kun-hee is Lee Byung-chul's 3rd son
  7. 2006 revenue: $153 billion
  8. Name means "three stars" in Korean
  9. South Korea's largest exporter
  10. Employees: 222,000
  11. Pled guilty to price-fixing in '05

• Key Dates

  • 1938: Lee Byung-Chul founded a small business naming it Samsung Store
  • 1953: Samsung starts a sugar producing operation
  • 1958: A insurance business is started
  • 1969: The company starts an electronics operation
  • 1974: Samsung Petrochemical and Heavy Industries founded
  • 1977: Samsung Shipbuilding is formed
  • 1982: Samsung establishes a baseball team

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