Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung as a small trading company with just 40 employees. When it first began, Samsung dealt in groceries produced in and around it's hometown of Su-dong. It also produced it's own noodles. The company began to prospers and Byung-chull moved it's headquarters to Seoul in 1947.
The company diversified into a number of different industry and tried to become a leader in all of them. Obviously, they were very successful and continued to grow into the giant they are today. Their current revenue is equal to about 17% of South Korea's GDP.
