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Samsung are one of the biggest and most diversified companies in the world (did you know they are the world's biggest ship builder? Or that they offer life insu
by batiudrami 14y ago
Samsung are one of the biggest and most diversified companies in the world (did you know they are the world's biggest ship builder? Or that they offer life insurance?). I don't have difficulty imagining a lack of organisation and direction in management when they have so many arms doing so many different things.
- D_Alex 14y ago>did you know they are the world's biggest ship builder? Nope... they are not. That would be Hyundai, and the second largest is probably Daewoo. Samsung could be third. (I worked at Daewoo and Samsung shipyards). Tangential funny: the shipbuilding division is called "Samsung Heavy Industries", usually abbreviated to SHI. Samsung means "Three Stars" in korean. The shipyard tug was called the "Tristar". Due to unfortunate typography, the name on the ship was "SHIT ristar". True story, I have photos.
- batiudrami 14y agoHaha fair call. I actually misread and it's listed as the 2nd biggest shipbuilder. Still, people tend to be surprised as typically when I think 'Samsung', I imagine TVs, phones and laptops.
- NamTaf 14y agoSamsung are also involved in building processing, rail and port infrastructure for Australia's Iron Ore region. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/samsung-c-t-wins-a-5-9-billion-order-for-roy-hill-ore-project.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/samsung-c-t-wins-a-...
- ishansharma 14y agoNot to forget Samsung Artillery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9_Thunder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9_Thunder
- dbaupp 14y agoApparently[1], they are 20% of South Korea economy. [1]: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/whoa-samsung-is-responsible-for-20-of-south-koreas-economy/260552/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/whoa-sam...