Chaebol
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A chaebol is a type of large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or
The former headquarters of Hyundai in Seoul
Former headquarters of the defunct Daewoo Group, once the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye at a breakfast meeting with business magnates Lee Kun-hee and Chung Mong-koo
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Samsung
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Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses, most of which
Chaebol
…remaining chaebols have grown substantially since the crisis, but they have maintained far lower debt levels. In 2019, the revenue of the largest chaebol, Samsung, was worth about 17% of the South Korean GDP with the company holding billions of dollars in cash. In 2023, the revenue of the top four chaebols (Samsung…
Samsung Town, the company's headquarters, in Seoul
The headquarters of Sanghoes in Daegu in the late 1930s
The SPC-1000, introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (sold in the South Korean market only) and used an audio cassette tape to load and save data – the floppy drive was optional.
The prominent Samsung sign in Times Square, New York City