Samsung

Some of the key events about Samsung

• 1938

  Founded as a small trading company in Daegu, Korea
• 1938

  Founder used illegal methods to avoid Japanese colonial taxes
• 1966

  Company accused of smuggling large quantities of saccharin into South Korea
• 1969

  Entered the electronics industry with its first black-and-white TV
• 1983

  Developed its first personal computer, the SPC-1000
• 1988

  Merged Samsung Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics
• 1992

  Became the world's largest producer of memory chips
• 1995

  Developed its first liquid-crystal display screen
• 1995

  Chairman convicted of bribing former South Korean presidents
• 1999

  Introduced its first internet-ready TV
• 2005

  Guilty plea in price-fixing conspiracy for DRAM chips
• 2007

  Former executives indicted for alleged accounting fraud
• 2009

  Became the world's largest technology company by revenue
• 2012

  Became the world's largest mobile phone maker by unit sales
• 2012

  Ordered to pay Apple $1.05 billion for patent infringement
• 2014

  Criticized for poor working conditions in Chinese factories
• 2016

  Massive recall of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to battery fires
• 2017

  Surpassed Intel to become the world's largest semiconductor chip maker by revenue
• 2017

  De facto leader arrested on bribery charges related to 2015 merger
• 2019

  Folding phone launch delayed due to screen defects

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