- Rank14
- Previous Rank20
- CEOOh-Hyun Kwon
- Employees236,000
- Websitewww.samsung.com
For Samsung, 2012 proved another banner year. While the South Korean electronics maker remained unchallenged in the TV business for the seventh consecutive year, it also became the No. 1 mobile phone maker, shipping nearly 397 million units and seizing 25% of the global market, according to Strategy Analytics. (Its Galaxy SIII smartphone moved over 30 million units in just five months.) Both TV and phone sales helped drive revenues up 20% year-over-year to $178 billion.
Key Financials
$ Millions | % change | |
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Revenues | 178,554.8 | 19.9 |
Profits | 20,585.7 | 70.7 |
Assets | 169,154.6 | - |