Samsung History (삼성): From a 1938 Store to a Chip Giant
Samsung history starts on March 1, 1938, when Lee Byung-chul opened a small trading store in Daegu. That shop, Samsung Sanghoe (삼성상회), sold dried fish, local produce and noodles. Over 80-plus years it grew into Korea’s largest business group and the world’s best-known memory chip maker.