Samsung Electronics
 Logo used since 2005 | |
 The Samsung headquarters in Seoul, South Korea | |
| Formerly | Samsung Electric Industries (1969–1988) |
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| Type | Public |
| ISIN | KR7005930003 |
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| Headquarters | Samsung Digital City, Samsungno 129, Maetan-dong, , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue |  ₩333.61 trillion (US$291.63 billion) (2025) |
| ₩43.6 trillion (US$38.11 billion) (2025) | |
| ₩45.21 trillion (US$39.52 billion) (2025) | |
| Total assets | ₩566.94 trillion (US$495.6 billion) (2025) |
| Total equity | ₩436.32 trillion (US$381.42 billion) (2025) |
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Number of employees | 259,149 (2025) |
| Parent | Samsung |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 삼성전자 |
| Hanja | 三星電子 |
| Lit. | Tristar Electronics |
| RR | Samseong jeonja |
| MR | Samsŏng chŏnja |
| Website | samsung.com |
| Footnotes Financials as of fiscal year ended 31 December 2024. References: | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC; stylized as SΛMSUNG; Korean: 삼성전자) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 72% of the group's revenue in 2012, and has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership. It is majority-owned by foreign investors.
As of 2023, Samsung Electronics is the world's fourth-largest technology company by revenue and its market capitalization stood at US$1.025 trillion, the 12th largest in the world. It has been the largest vendor of smartphones since 2012. Samsung is known most notably for its Samsung Galaxy brand consisting of phones such as its flagship Galaxy S series, popular midrange Galaxy A series, budget Galaxy M series as well as the premium Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Flip series. The company pioneered the phablet form factor with the former Galaxy Note family. Samsung produces tablets consisting of the Galaxy Tab A series and Galaxy Tab S series. It has been the largest television manufacturer since 2006, both of which include related software and services like Samsung Pay and TV Plus. Samsung is a supplier of hospitality televisions for hotels and businesses which includes dedicated software that can be personalised to each business and is a supplier of displays for stadiums and venues. Samsung is also a major vendor of washing machines, refrigerators, computer monitors and soundbars.
Samsung Electronics is also a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, image sensors, camera modules, and displays for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC, and Nokia. It is the world's largest semiconductor memory manufacturer and, from 2017 to 2018, was the largest semiconductor company in the world, briefly dethroning Intel, the decades-long champion. Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 76 countries and employs more than 260,000 people.