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CEO: Geesung Choi Employees: 190,500 Address: 1320-10 Seocho 2-dong Seoul 137-857 Country: South Korea Website: www.samsung.com Samsung is vying fiercely for a dominant position in the tablet PC market, and the competition has gotten rough. Samsung and Apple have been embroiled in a series of lawsuits since April, when Apple first accused Samsung of copying key elements of its iPhone and iPad devices. Phones are a critical market to Samsung, which sold 280 million mobile devices during 2010, a 23% increase from 2009. Indeed, Samsung's telecom arm was one of the few that made a profit in the first part of 2011. The company continues to deal with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Japan, greater uncertainty surrounding the cost of raw materials, and slow PC sales. --S.D. Subscribe to Fortune Magazine Is Samsung Electronics a great company, or what?
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| Company | 2010 Number of Employees |
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| Wal-Mart Stores | 2,100,000 |
| China National Petroleum | 1,674,541 |
| State Grid | 1,564,000 |
| Company | 2010 Profits ($ millions) |
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| Nestlé | $32,843 |
| Gazprom | $31,895 |
| Exxon Mobil | $30,460 |
