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Samsung Electronics marked the 57th anniversary of its founding with messages from its leadership that contrasted in tone but pointed in the same direction. Co-CEO Jeon Young-hyun emphasized staying humble the stronger the business cycle turns, while Noh Tae-moon, who leads the company's device business, urged employees to push beyond cost constraints — a pairing that frames both discipline and ambition as the company navigates the AI-driven semiconductor and hardware market.
Jeon Young-hyun's message, "the better the boom, the more humble we should be" (호황일수록 겸손), struck a cautious note for an anniversary celebrated amid strong demand for advanced memory and AI-related hardware. The remark was delivered as part of the company's founding anniversary observance, which included internal communications to employees marking the milestone.
The warning reflects a familiar posture for Samsung Electronics, whose fortunes are closely tied to the cyclical semiconductor market, where sharp upswings have historically been followed by equally sharp downturns.
By contrast, Noh Tae-moon's message — "push past the cost barrier" (원가 파고 넘자) — was framed as a call to action. The exhortation to overcome cost limits points to the competitive pressure facing the company's hardware businesses, where price competitiveness against rivals remains a central concern.
The pairing of the two messages — one counseling restraint, the other aggression on costs — was presented together as the company's anniversary message set, according to the circulated anniversary materials.
The 57th anniversary falls at a time when the company is leaning heavily on its semiconductor division and its device businesses to capitalize on AI-driven demand. Neither message contained specific targets or figures; both were framed as internal exhortations to employees rather than announcements of new policy.
The claim as circulated — that Jeon Young-hyun delivered the humility message and Noh Tae-moon the cost-push message for the 57th founding anniversary — is True.
