Samsung Electronics
Consumer electronics & semiconductors · South Korea
Samsung Electronics makes memory and logic chips and display panels, and sells Galaxy smartphones, TVs and home appliances worldwide. It is both a supplier to other tech companies and a consumer brand.
What makes it different
Memory chip prices swing its profits.
₩24.9TChip division operating profitFY2025
The chip division's earnings rise and fall with the memory price cycle.
How big it is
How big is Samsung Electronics?
₩334TRevenueFY2025
₩104TMemory revenueFY2025
₩126TSmartphone & other revenueFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Phones and TVs, plus a huge chip business.
- DX₩188T
- DS₩130T
- SDC₩29.8T
- Harman₩15.8T
How the business works
Make the parts and the products.
- 1Chips and display panels
- 2Rivals and its own devices
- 3Galaxy phones, TVs, appliances
It supplies its rivals and competes with them at once.
Brands and businesses
More than Samsung Electronics.
Who owns it
- Samsung Life Insurance8.59%
- National Pension Service7.77%
- BlackRock Fund Advisors5.07%
CEO: Young-Hyun Jun
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1969Samsung Electronics Industry founded
- 1974Enters semiconductors via Hankook Semiconductor
- 1983Memory chip business launched
- 1992World-first 64Mb DRAM; memory leadership
- 1993Lee Kun-hee's 'New Management' in Frankfurt
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Samsung Electronics's own reports.
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What Samsung Electronics tracks26 metrics
Global DRAM market share
Global TV market share
Global smartphone market share
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Americas
Europe
Asia & Africa
The full timeline14 moments
2017
2022
2025
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