The Founding Lee Byung-chull founds Samsung Sanghoe. The firm exports fruit, vegetables and fish. Becoming Samsung Electronics Samsung-Sanyo Electronics, which later becomes Samsung Electronics, is established. The Move Into TVs

The first Samsung Electronics-branded TV is released in Korea in 1972.

Once known for fuzzy black-and-white sets that were thrown in free with magazine subscriptions, Samsung began making TVs that took pride of place in living rooms around the world. Putting in Personal Wealth

Mr. Lee buys a 50 percent stake in a company called Hankook Semiconductor.

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