# Samsung Electronics founder

entity: /record/samsung-electronics.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/samsung-electronics/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-08  

As of November 8, 2026, Samsung Electronics's founder on the AsOf record is Lee Byung-chul, undated on the record, from 2 primary sources (samsung.com and web.archive.org) and 2 further sources (quartr.com and corpdigest.com). The record holds 1 claim on Samsung Electronics's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-08.

- [Samsung Electronics](/record/samsung-electronics.md) | founder | Lee Byung-chul | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0BE2EE169E36](/claim/clm_0BE2EE169E36.md)
  sources: https://www.samsung.com/us/about-us/leadership-and-mission/heritage/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20718, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/lee-byung-chul-samsungs-visionary-founder, https://corpdigest.com/company/samsung/company-history, https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://news.samsung.com/global/the-history-of-samsung-electronics-1-paving-a-new-path-19681970

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Samsung Electronics](/record/samsung-electronics.md) | founder | Lee Byung-chul | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_0BE2EE169E36](/claim/clm_0BE2EE169E36.md)
  sources: https://www.samsung.com/us/about-us/leadership-and-mission/heritage/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20718, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/lee-byung-chul-samsungs-visionary-founder, https://corpdigest.com/company/samsung/company-history, https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://news.samsung.com/global/the-history-of-samsung-electronics-1-paving-a-new-path-19681970

## Questions this record answers

### What is Samsung Electronics's current founder?

Lee Byung-chul, undated on the record, from 2 primary sources (samsung.com and web.archive.org) and 2 further sources (quartr.com and corpdigest.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 8, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


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