AP
In the past year and a half, Samsung, a company that makes everything from dishwashers to smartphones, has become one the most powerful and recognizable names in tech.
A lot of people are even lumping Samsung together with Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google as one of the most important tech companies right now.
So how did Samsung get to where it is today?
We took a look at the company's history, starting way back in 1938 when it was a company that exported dried fish to China.
Note: Much of this information comes from Samsung's official corporate history and various reports and stories about the company.
Whatever happened to Sony?
As Reuters put it, "With a mix of threats and inducements for the top chaebol bosses, the founders of Samsung and Hyundai emerged from the ruins of the 1950-53 Korean War to help build a modern industrial state that has been dubbed "The Miracle on the Han".
At one stage, Park the father threatened to imprison Lee Byung-chull, the founder of Samsung."
They say "Park the father" because the daughter of the military ruler Park Jung-Hee was just elected president in December.
Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-korea-election-chaebol-idUSBRE8BJ07C20121220
North Korea has it's own je ne sais quoi, I guess.
Whatever happened to Sony?
Nokia started a a rubber company (the vulcanized kind!)
Moral of story: its not how you start it is how you finish.
Justin Yifu Lin
As Reuters put it, "With a mix of threats and inducements for the top chaebol bosses, the founders of Samsung and Hyundai emerged from the ruins of the 1950-53 Korean War to help build a modern industrial state that has been dubbed "The Miracle on the Han".
At one stage, Park the father threatened to imprison Lee Byung-chull, the founder of Samsung."
They say "Park the father" because the daughter of the military ruler Park Jung-Hee was just elected president in December.
Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-korea-election-chaebol-idUSBRE8BJ07C20121220
Samsung contracted by Apple to produce iPhone parts then copy the design for their Galaxy S later.