Samsung was founded in 1938 and is now the largest technology company, surpassing Nokia as the top smartphone maker in 2012. It sells a wide range of electronics including smartphones, tablets, TVs, and PCs. Some key facts: Samsung's current logo has been in use since 1993; it became the world's largest mobile phone maker in 2012, selling 98 million phones that quarter, over 55 million of which were smartphones; and in 2012 it was ordered to pay Apple $1.05 billion for violating six patents on smartphone technology.