Lee Byung-chul
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Lee Byung-chul was a South Korean businessman who founded the Samsung Group, the country's largest chaebol. Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28. He is widely recognized as one of the most su
Lee c. 1950
Lee (left) and his son Lee Kun-hee (right) in 1950
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
Lee Byung-chul
…Lee Byung-chul (Korean: 이병철; 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman who founded the Samsung Group, the country's largest chaebol (conglomerate). Lee founded Samsung in 1938, at the age of 28. He is widely recognized as one of the most successful…
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