Samsung group was founded in 1938 and was founded by Li Bingzhe. Samsung Group is a family business, and the Li family is hereditary. All Samsung industries under its control are family businesses managed by other family members. The leader of this group has been passed down to the third generation of Lee. As of May, 20 19, Li Jianxi is the current president of the group, and his son Lee Jae-yong is the vice president of Samsung Electronics.
Samsung Group is the largest multinational enterprise group in Korea and one of the top 500 listed companies in the world. Samsung Group includes many international subsidiaries, and its business covers many fields such as electronics, finance, machinery and chemistry.
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In July 2002, Samsung Securities was selected as the best securities company in Korea by Financial Asia.
In 2003, three companies under the Group entered Fortune Global 500, among which Samsung Electronics ranked 59th, Samsung products ranked 1 15, and Samsung Life ranked 236th.
In 2003, the turnover of Samsung Group was about US$ 96.5 billion, and the brand value was as high as US$ 65.438+0.085 billion, ranking 25th among the top 100 brands in the world and becoming the fastest growing brand for two consecutive years.
In 2003, Samsung Electronics ranked third in Business Week IT 100. Samsung obtained 13 13 patents in the United States, ranking ninth among all enterprises in the world.
In 2005, Samsung blue-black mobile phone was rated as "top brand product" in Europe; President Li Jianxi was selected as 100 man of the world by Time magazine. It was selected as the "39th All-Star in the World" by Fortune magazine.
In 2006, this corporate brand ranked 26th in the annual list of the top 500 world brands compiled by the World Brand Lab, and 42nd in the annual ranking of 65,438+000 large companies in the world published by Barron's Weekly.
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