Samsung was founded as a grocery trading store in 1938. It entered the electronics industry in 1969, when its first products were black-and-white televisions. It began making the smartphones it's now renowned for in the early 2000s.

In Korean, the word "samsung" translates as "three stars." It was picked by Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull when the company was created, with the idea of it one day becoming as powerful and everlasting as the stars in the skies. In Korean, the number three is used to represent something that is big and powerful.

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