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NPP Istok vs Samsung Electronics

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

NPP Istok is the older of the two, founded in 1943 — 26 years before Samsung Electronics.

Founded
1943
1969
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Moscow Oblast
Suwon, South Korea
Industry
electronics industry
electronics industry
Founders
Not recorded
Lee Byung-chul
Employees
4,600
109,541
Legal form
state-owned enterprise
jusik hoesa
Listed on
Not recorded
London Stock Exchange

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on NPP Istok and Samsung Electronics.