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Samsung


Founded in 1938, Samsung is the second-largest chip maker and No. 2 mobile-phone manufacturer worldwide.

The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and has 337 offices and facilities in 58 countries, as well as employs 222,000 staff globally.

With a vision of "Leading the Digital Convergence Revolution", Samsung's portfolio includes memory chips and LCDs as well as audio-visual products, computers, telecommunication devices and home appliances.

The South Korean electronics products giant made a hostile bid to acquire SanDisk for US$5.85 billion in September, but was rejected by the U.S.-based computer chip maker. Samsung later withdrew its offer, citing an increasing "risk profile".

This company is listed in Systems, Data storage management, Networking & Communications.



Financials
Fiscal year-end December FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) 105,019.0 91,508.1 79,594.8 80,911.2 —
Global full-year net income (US$millions) 8,446.7 8,735.2 6,818.4 10,038.4 —
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 9.37%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years -2.42%
Percentage of revenue from Asia —

Operations
Founded 1983 South Korea
First Asian office 1983 South Korea
Global employees 222,000
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 10 China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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