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38. Samsung Electronics
Rank: 38 (Previous rank: 46)
CEO: Yoon-Woo Lee
Employees: 144,000
Address: 250 Taepyeongno, Jung-gu
Seoul  100-742
Country: South Korea
Website: www.samsung.com
Revenues 106,006.5 18.5
Profits 7,985.5 -3.8
Assets 99,753.6
Stockholders' equity 55,195.0
Revenues 8
Assets 8
1 Siemens 37 106,444.0
2 Samsung Electronics 38 106,006.5
3 Hitachi 48 98,306.5
4 LG 67 82,095.6
5 Matsushita Electric Industrial 72 79,411.8
6 Sony 75 77,682.2
7 Toshiba 91 67,145.2
8 Hon Hai Precision Industry 132 51,827.7
9 Tyco International 192 37,747.0
10 Royal Philips Electronics 197 37,007.2
11 Mitsubishi Electric 210 35,462.1
12 Sharp 261 29,927.3
13 Schneider Electric 342 23,691.4
14 Emerson Electric 375 22,572.0
15 Sumitomo Electric Industries 383 22,248.9
16 Whirlpool 436 19,451.0
17 Sanyo Electric 459 18,243.1
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