Samsung is South Korea's largest multinational group and a Fortune 500 company in the world. Its subsidiaries include: Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Airlines, Samsung Life Insurance, etc., and its business involves many fields such as electronics, finance, machinery, and chemistry.

Electronics

Samsung Electronics: Its main businesses are consumer electronics, DRAM and NAND Flash, with nine-year revenue of approximately 99.7 trillion won.

Samsung SDI: Mainly produces solar cells, fuel cells, energy storage, etc. The turnover in 2008 was approximately 5.3028 billion won.

Samsung SDS: Its main business is IT phase glass substrates, plasma filters, picture tubes and glass.

Samsung Airlines: Its main business is the production of Samsung Bell 427 and providing services for products of Bell, Boeing and other companies.

Samsung Semiconductor: Its main business is the production of SD cards, the world's largest memory chip manufacturer.

2. Machinery

Samsung Heavy Industries: The main business is shipbuilding. The turnover in 2008 was 10.6644 billion won.

Samsung Engineering: Its main business is the manufacturing of electronic parts and equipment, and military aircraft components (duplicate with the electronics field).

Samsung Douer: Its main business is the manufacturing of plastics, chemical products, and petroleum products.

Samsung Petrochemical: Its main business is PTA.

Samsung Precision Chemical: Its main business is the manufacturing of electronic chemical materials and precision chemicals.

Samsung BP Chemical: Its main business is the production of nitric acid, H2, and VAM. Its revenue in 2008 was 343.3 billion won.

3. Financial insurance

Samsung Life Insurance: Its main business is life insurance and financial services. It ranked 367th among the Fortune 500 companies in the United States in 2009.

Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance: Its main business is life insurance and financial services.

Samsung Credit Card: The main business is credit card business, loans, and leasing services.

Samsung Securities: Its main business is asset management and intermediary business.

Samsung Investment Trust Management: The main business is investment trust, with a turnover of 75.4 billion won in 2008.

Samsung Venture Capital: Its main business is venture capital business, with a turnover of approximately 11 billion won in 2008.