Samsung is a South Korean company founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-Chul. The Chairman of the Board is Lee Kun-Hee. Samsung is a group of various companies, the most important of which is Samsung Electronics. Samsung has shown rapid growth outside of Korea in the 1990s. Unlike other Asian companies, it survived the 1997 Asian Economic Crisis almost undamaged. He had to exit the automotive business by selling Samsung Motor Co., founded only by Nissan, to Renault. During this period, investments were