How Samsung came to be

Samsungs Life

Period: Jan 1, 1938 to Nov 5, 2015

When did Samsung Start?

Mar 31, 1938

On March 1, 1938, founding chairman Byung-Chull Lee started a local trading compnay in Taegu, Korea, named Samsung

Samsung Started Growing

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1960

Samsung began other small businessess within the 1950s and 1960s like Insurance and textiles

Samsung Electronics

Mar 1, 1969

In 1969, Samsung Electronics was born and started growing even more.

First Product released by Samsung

Jan 1, 1970

Black-and-white TV model: P-3202

New Businesses

Jan 1, 1974

Samsung Heavy Industries incorporated
Samsung Petrochemical established
Began washing machine and refrigerator production

New Busnisses

Period: Jan 1, 1977 to Dec 31, 1977

Samsung Precision Co. established (now Samsung Techwin)
Started export of color televisions
Samsung Fine Chemicals established
Samsung Construction established

Began mass production of microwave ovens

Jan 1, 1979

Samsung Focus on Electronics

Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1989

Samsung began to focus even more on electronics in the 1980s. The company began producing color TVs, personal computers, VCRs, and tape recorders. This was also the decade Samsung started exporting more of its products to North America

First Samsung Computer

Jan 1, 1983

New Products

Jan 1, 2000

Samsung began making HD TVs in the early 2000s

Samsung released the Galaxy Tab in the fall of 2010. The 7-inch device was the first mainstream Android tablet

Jan 1, 2010

The Galaxy S

Jun 4, 2010

Samsung inroduces its first flagship Android phone the Galaxy S, at the Mobile World Congress in 2010

Samsung showed off its take on the future of television at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show

Jan 1, 2013

New Samsung Galaxy S6

Apr 10, 2016