Samsung

This article is about the conglomerate. For the electronics subsidiary, see Samsung Electronics. For other uses, see Samsung (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Samson or Samsun.

Samsung Group
Logo used since 2005
Samsung Town, the company's headquarters, in Seoul
Native name	삼성그룹
Type	Public
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1 March 1938 (1938-03-01) in Taikyu, Korea, Empire of Japan
Founder	Lee Byung-chul
Headquarters	Samsung Town, Seoul , South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Lee Jae-yong (chairman)
Number of employees	262,647 (2024)
Subsidiaries	Cheil Worldwide Samsung Asset Management Samsung Biologics Samsung C&T Corporation Samsung Electro-Mechanics Samsung Electronics Samsung E&A Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Life Insurance Samsung SDI Samsung SDS Samsung Securities
Korean name
Hangul	삼성
Hanja	三星
RR	Samseong
MR	Samsŏng
Website	samsung.com