Samsung is a diversified consumer electronics producer. It is the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world by volume and a major player in televisions, laptops, home appliances, cameras and stereo equipment as well as hardware products such as LCD and LED panels, memory chips, solid-state drives and digital cinema screens. The group is also active in shipbuilding (through Samsung Heavy Industries), construction (through Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T), life insurance, advertising and theme parks.

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.