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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Samsung Group, Daewoo, POSCO, SK Group, LG Corp., Hyosung, Shinsegae, Korea Tungsten Company, Lotte, Hyundai, Kim Chong-Hee, Hanjin, Kumho Tires, Kumho Asiana Group, GS Group, Taekwang Group, Hanwha, LS Group, ILJIN Group, SsangYong Group, Shin Kyuk-Ho, OCI, Isu Group, Eugene Group, Nongshim Group, Daelim Group, Halla Group, Dongbu Group, Kiswel Group, SPC Group, Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd, Hansol, CJ Group, Aju Group. Excerpt: The Samsung Group (Korean: / Samseong Geurup) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. The Samsung Group comprises numerous international affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest technology company by sales; Samsung Heavy Industries, the world's second largest shipbuilder; Samsung Engineering was ranked 35th, Samsung C&T 72nd in a 2009 ranking of 225 global construction firms compiled by the Engineering News-Record, a U.S. construction journal. Samsung Life Insurance was ranked 14th in a 2009 ranking of Fortune Global 500 Industries. Samsung Everland, South Korea's first theme park opened in 1976 as Yongin Farmland. In 2002 it was the fifth most popular theme park in the world, beating out Epcot, Disney MGM and Disney's Animal Kingdom. Cheil Worldwide operates as a subsidiary of Samsung Group and was ranked #19 among the "World's Top 50 Agency Companies" by revenue in 2010. Shilla Hotel, a subsidiary of the Samsung Group, has been ranked #58 among the "2009 World's Best Top 100 Hotels" in the annual reader survey conducted by the prestigious international business magazine, Institutional Investor. The Best Overall Generalist Sales Force survey ranks 22 firms that participated in Institutional Investor's 2007 All-Asia Research Team survey....