Samsung Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It was the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70 percent of the group's 2012 revenue. Samsung Group includes many international subsidiaries, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Life Insurance, etc., and its business involves electronics, finance, machinery, chemistry and many other fields. Samsung Group was founded in 1938 by Li Bingzhe.