Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子; RR: Samseong Jeonja; lit. Tristar Electronics; sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea.[1] It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group’s revenue in 2012.[4]

Samsung Electronics has played a key role in the group’s corporate governance due to cross ownership.[5] Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 74 countries and employs more than 270,000 people.[6] It is majority-owned by foreign investors.[7][8] As of 2019, Samsung Electronics is the world’s second-largest technology company by revenue, and its market capitalization stood at US$520.65 billion, the 12th largest in the world.[9]