#7 – Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938. Headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, it comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses such as Samsung Electronics (the largest), Samsung Heavy Indistries, Samsung Engneering and Samsung Life Insurance. It even has a construction company that built the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – the tallest building in the world.
Other interesting facts about Samsung? They employ over 370,000 people worldwide and account for more than 17% of South Korea’s GDP!