Mission Statement & History

MISSION (Management Philosophy)
Samsung Electronics is committed to inspiring its communities by leveraging Samsung's three key strengths : new technology, innovative products,  creative solutions, and promoting new value for Samsung's core networks: industry, partners, and employees. Through these efforts, Samsung hopes to contribute to a better world and a richer experience for all .

HISTORY
Samsung was founded in 1938 in by Lee-Byung-chull and was originally named Samsung Sanhoe. It originally started as a small export business in Korea that produced food and sugar then later on joined the electronic industry in the late 1960's.

           Samsung went through a pioneer digitial age from 2000-2010. The digitial age was a time of revolutionary change . Samsung responded to this demand in technology with competitive products and constant innovation such as releasing a pda phone, lcd tv, first solar powered mobile phone, and created the world's thinnest tv at 6.5 mm. Samsung now specializes in digital appliances, media, phones,  semiconductors, memory, system integration, etc .

               In 2009 Samsung became the worlds largest technology company surpassing both Siemens and
Hewlett-Packard with a revenue of 172.5 billion compared to Apple's revenue at 63.5 billion.