Company LOGO One of the world’s leading companies What does SAMSUNG means? • According to the founder of Samsung Group, the meaning of the Korean hanja word Samsung ( 三三 ) is "tristar" or "three stars" The word "three" represents something "big, numerous and powerful"; the "stars" mean eternity Foundation of Samsung In 1938,Lee Byung-chull (1910–1987) of a large landowning family in the Uiryeong country came to the nearby Daegu city and founded Samsung Sanghoe a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong It dealt in groceries produced in and around the city and produced its own noodles • In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered into the electronics industry • After the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into four business groups • Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s Samsung's construction branch was awarded a contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates • "Change everything but your wife and kids." This was the speech that the current chairman of Samsung group gave to its employees in 1993 when he took over the company Samsung town ...What does SAMSUNG means? • According to the founder of Samsung Group, the meaning of the Korean hanja word Samsung ( 三三 ) is "tristar" or "three stars" The... Foundation of Samsung In 1938,Lee Byung-chull (1910–1987) of a large landowning family in the Uiryeong country came to the nearby Daegu city and founded Samsung Sanghoe a small trading company with... noodles • In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered into the electronics industry • After the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into four business groups • Samsung started to rise