Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., stylised as SΛMSUNG, is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded on 13 January 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012, and has played a key role in the group's corporate governance due to cross ownership. It is majority-owned by foreign investors. As of 2019, Samsung Electronics is the world's second-largest technology company by revenue, and its market capitalization stood at US$520.65 billion, the 12th largest in the world. It ranks as the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones since 2011 — starting with the original Samsung Solstice, and most notably its Samsung Galaxy brand and its flagship Galaxy S series — and has also been the largest television manufacturer since 2006, both of which include related software and services like Samsung Pay and TV Plus. The company pioneered the phablet form factor with the Galaxy Note family. Samsung is also a major vendor of washing machines, refrigerators, computer monitors and soundbars. Wikipedia