Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Samsung

1. The actual meaning of Samsung is "three stars" in Korean. It stands for big, numerous and powerful.
2. Samsung started in 1938 and there are 80 business under the Samsung Group.
3. The construction section of Samsung built Burj Khalifa - tallest building in the world.
4. In 1995, the chairman was not happy with the quality of his products. To make his employees understand the importance of quality, he ordered the destruction of 150,000 Samsung phones as 2,000 of his employees watched.
5. Samsung accounts for 17% of Korea's GDP.
6. It is ranked as the 9th most global brand.
7. 100 Samsung TVs are sold every second.
8. Samsung has 5,081 patents registered in it's name at the US Patent Office.
9. Samsung's chairman addressed his employees for 3 continuous days in German conference room. The speech was turned into a book and is used as the guidelines on which the company is defined.
10. Samsung has 33 R&D centers around the world.