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7 Shocking Facts about Samsung That Will Blow Your Mind
The company is more than you think it is
What is now one of the biggest players in the technology industry, started as a grocery trading store in Taegu, South Korea. Founded on March 1, 1938, by Lee Byung-Chull, Samsung scaled its business in various industries and became a billion-dollar corporation over the years.
Currently, the company holds a market capitalisation of $335.37 billion. Although, there’s a day and night difference between the financial statistics of Samsung and Apple, Samsung, as a whole, yields twenty times more money than Apple. It’s because Samsung has set its foot in almost all the major industries out there.
From building the tallest building in the world, to building a robotic butt, Samsung has done it all. Here are the 7 unbelievable facts you didn’t know about Samsung:
1. The Samsung City
I’m certain, by now, you must’ve heard about Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, popularly known as Apple Park. But did you know that Samsung has a massive chunk of the capital city of South Korea, dedicated for its headquarter?
Located in Suwon-si, South Korea, Samsung Digital City is a 390-acre office space where most of the hottest innovations have taken place. This is…
