{"entity":"samsung-electronics","id":"ent_samsung-electronics","name":"Samsung Electronics","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/samsung-electronics/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Samsung Electronics's founding date on the AsOf record is January 13, 1969, dated January 13, 1969, from a primary source (web.archive.org) and one further source (koreaherald.com). The record holds 1 claim on Samsung Electronics's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_12099212F108"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_12099212F108","value":"1969-01-13","valid_from":"1969-01-13","valid_to":null,"published":"2012-04-18","recorded":"2026-10-31","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3248058","tier":"secondary","publisher":"The Korea Herald","published_at":"2023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://news.samsung.com/global/the-history-of-samsung-electronics-1-paving-a-new-path-19681970","tier":"primary","publisher":"Samsung Newsroom (Wayback Machine copy)","published_at":"2012-04-18T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-31","quote":"Samsung Electronics was founded as Samsung Electric Industries on Jan. 13, 1969, but changed its foundation day to Nov. 1 after it merged with Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications Co. in 1988.","url":"https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3248058"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Samsung Electronics's current founding date?","answer":"January 13, 1969, dated January 13, 1969, from a primary source (web.archive.org) and one further source (koreaherald.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}