Samsung posts record Q3 profits, replaces CEOs

AFP, SEOUL: Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of $10.0 billion for the third quarter and announced a sweeping reshuffle of its top management yesterday, seeking to maintain its lead while its heir is in prison.

The world’s biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has faced multiple challenges since last year, including a humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 handsets and a corruption scandal that engulfed its de facto leader.

But its net profits for July to September soared 148 per cent on the same period a year ago—its best for any quarter—it said in a statement, thanks to strong demand for its memory chips and a recovery in smartphone sales with the roll-out of the new generation Galaxy Note 8.

The figures come only two weeks after chief executive Kwon Oh-Hyun resigned, saying the South’s biggest firm was facing an “unprecedented crisis” and its current profitability was “merely a fruit of decisions and investment made in the past”.

The firm described Tuesday’s numbers as an “overall robust performance”.

Operating profit nearly tripled on-year to 14.5 trillion won—also a quarterly record—it said in a regulatory filing, while sales surged to 62.05 trillion won, another all-time high.

 

Samsung posts record Q3 profits, replaces CEOs

AFP, SEOUL: Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of $10.0 billion for the third quarter and announced a sweeping reshuffle of its top management yesterday, seeking to maintain its lead while its heir is in prison. The worlds biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has faced multiple challenges since last year, including a humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 handsets and a corruption scandal that engulfed its de facto leader. But its net profits for July to September soared 148 per cent on the same period a year agoits best for any quarterit said in a statement, thanks to strong demand for its memory chips and a recovery in smartphone sales with the roll-out of the new generation Galaxy Note 8. The figures come only two weeks after chief executive Kwon Oh-Hyun resigned, saying the Souths biggest firm was facing an unprecedented crisis and its current profitability was merely a fruit of decisions and investment made in the past. The firm described Tuesdays numbers as an overall robust performance. Operating profit nearly tripled on-year to 14.5 trillion wonalso a quarterly recordit said in a regulatory filing, while sales surged to 62.05 trillion won, another all-time high.