Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in the Yeongtong District of Suwon. It is the peak of Samsung Chaebol, which accounted for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012. Samsung Electronics has been instrumental in the corporate governance of the group due to its circular ownership. Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 74 countries and employs approximately 290,000 people. It is majority-owned by foreign investors. It is the world's largest manufacturer of consumer electronics by revenue. As of 2019, Samsung Electronics is the world's second-largest technology company by revenue and has a market capitalization of US$520.65 billion, the 12th largest in the world.
Samsung is a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, image sensors, camera modules, and displays for customers such as Apple, Sony, HTC, and Nokia. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones, starting with the original Samsung Solstice and, later, the popularity of the Samsung Galaxy line of devices. The company is also a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly its Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is considered to grow the phablet market with devices in the Samsung Galaxy Note family. It has also developed 5G capable smartphones including the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20, and foldable phones including the Galaxy Fold. Samsung has been the world's largest television manufacturer since 2006, and the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer since 2011. It is also the world's largest memory chip maker and from 2017 to 2018, the world's largest semiconductor company, having briefly unthroned Intel, the decades-old champion.
In 2012, Kwon Oh-Hyun was appointed CEO of the company, but announced in October 2017 that he would resign in March 2018, citing an "unprecedented crisis". As of March 2018, the company maintains a three-CEO layout with Nam Kim, Hyun Suk Kim, and Dong-jin Koh. It also has HC Hong as a separate CEO for Southeast Asia since 2015.
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