South Korea's four major consortia:
1, Samsung Group
Samsung Group was founded in 1938, and started as a trading industry. The main series of companies are: Samsung Products Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics, Samsung Heavy Industry, First Wool, etc. The current President Lee Kun-hee. The total assets of Samsung Group reached US$ 6,543.8+US$ 07.04 billion. In 2003, it achieved sales of $654.38+0065438+700 million, including a net profit of $560 million. In 2004, the export volume exceeded US$ 50 billion, accounting for 2 1% of Korea's total export trade.
2. Hyundai Group
Hyundai Group was founded in 1946, and the construction industry started. At the end of 1960s, it began to develop heavy industry. 1997 has 62 subsidiaries, covering construction, automobile, shipbuilding, steel, railway vehicles, shipping, finance, trade and other fields. The total number of employees, assets and sales once ranked first among Korean consortium enterprises and about 50 among the world's top 500 enterprises (except American enterprises).
3.LG group
LG Group was founded in 1947, and started in chemical industry. Now it has 37 series companies, more than 40 domestic factories and more than 70 domestic R&D institutions, with more than 70,000 employees. There are more than 30 legal persons 10, more than 20 branches10, and more than 55,000 overseas employees. In 2004, the total sales of the group company reached 82 trillion won and the net profit was 4 trillion won.
4.SK group
SK was founded in 1953, and the textile industry started. Business is mainly concentrated in four major industries: energy and chemistry, telecommunications, logistics and finance. As of 2004, SK's total assets were 52.4 trillion won, with sales of 56.4 189 billion won and net profit of 4.6 trillion won. It has about 25,000 employees and the per capita sales is 224,000 won.
Compared with other forms of legal persons, consortia have obvious characteristics, including:
1, with strong strength
The strength and stability of the consortium are enhanced, and the color of the industry is getting weaker and weaker. On the one hand, the capital controlled by the consortium is huge; On the other hand, the number of departments controlled by consortia is increasing day by day, covering heavy industry, light industry, traditional industries, emerging industries, production departments and circulation departments.
2. Strong control
The consortium's control and utilization of the country has increased. The tycoons of major consortia personally hold important positions as heads of state and government departments, and organize various non-governmental organizations to exert influence and pressure on the government and control the state machine.