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Samsung was founded
¨Samsung was founded as a grocery trading store on March 1, 1938, by Lee Byung-Chull. He started his business in Taegu, Korea, trading noodles and other goods produced in and around the city and exporting them to China and its provinces.¨ (Bondarenko, Peter. ¨Samsung¨. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 October, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samsung-Electronics Pic Credit: n.a, 1938 ¨Logos world¨ https://logos-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Samsung-Logo-1938-1969.png -
Samsung enters electronic Industry
¨The company forayed in the electronics industry in 1969 and its first electronic product was a black-and-white television. Soon, the company also started exporting its products and became a major electronic manufacturer in its home country. In 1970, the company acquired a 50 per cent stake in Korea Semiconductor.¨ (n.a.,n.d., ¨ Business Standard¨https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-samsung
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Samsung Galaxy Establishment
Samsung forayed into mobile phones in 2000 with the launch of a feature phone with built-in camera. By late 2000, the company had launched several phones, but its global success story started with the Galaxy S series. Samsung is regarded as the originator of the phablet category through its Galaxy Note-series devices.
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Present Samsung
´Now, Samsung is one of the major manufacturers of electronic components globally. It is also one of the major suppliers of electronic products like batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash memory and hard drive to companies such as Apple, Sony, Nokia, etc.¨ (n.a., n.d., ¨ Business Standard¨ https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-samsung)
