Samsung i whakaturia e Lee Byung-chul i roto i 1938 rite te kamupene hokohoko. Neke atu i te toru tekau tau i muri mai, te rōpū ngā i roto i ngā wāhi, tae atu ki te tukatuka kai, papanga, inihua, uara, me te hokohoko. tomo Samsung te ahumahi hiko i roto i te mutunga o nga tau 1960 me te hanganga me te hanga kaipuke ahumahi i roto i te waenganui-1970s; enei wāhi e akiaki i tona tupu i muri. whai muri i te matenga o Lee i roto i te 1987, i wehea Samsung ki wha rōpū pakihi <unk> Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group me Hansol Group 1990. Mai Samsung kua nui haere globalized ona mahi me te hikohiko; i roto i ngā, kua riro ona waea pūkoro me semiconductors tona pūtake tino nui o te katoa o te moni whiwhi.
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