Lee Byung-Chul adayambitsa Samsung mu 1938. Anayamba ngati kampani yaying'ono yogulitsa malonda ndi antchito makumi anayi, omwe amakhala ku Seoul. Kampaniyo inachita bwino kwambiri mpaka kuukira kwa chikomyunizimu mu 1950, koma kuwukirako kunawononga kwambiri katundu. Lee Byung-Chul anakakamizika kuchoka ndipo anayambanso mu 1951 ku Suwon. M'chaka chimodzi, katundu wa kampaniyo adawonjezeka kawiri.
Mu 1953, Lee adapanga makina oyeretsera shuga - malo oyamba kupanga ku South Korea kuyambira kumapeto kwa nkhondo yaku Korea. "Kampaniyo idachita bwino pansi pa nzeru za Lee zopanga Samsung kukhala mtsogoleri pamakampani aliwonse omwe adalowa" (Saumsung Electronics). Kampaniyo idayamba kusamukira kumafakitale othandizira monga inshuwaransi, chitetezo ndi masitolo ogulitsa. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 70, Lee anabwereka ndalama kumakampani akunja ndipo anayamba ntchito yolumikizirana ndi anthu ambiri pokhazikitsa wailesi ndi wailesi yakanema yoyamba (Samsung Electronics).
