Aptiv vs Samsung: Founders, CEOs and History

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Founders

CEOs and their tenures

Timeline: Aptiv and Samsung side by side

1. 1938Samsung

   Samsung Group begins

   Lee Byung-chul founded Samsung as a trading company before later generations expanded the group into electronics and industry.

2. 1969Samsung

   Samsung Electronics established

   Samsung Electronics Industry Co. Ltd. was established as the group entered electronics manufacturing.

3. 1977Samsung

   Korea Semiconductor acquired

   Samsung acquired Korea Semiconductor, a key step toward memory and component manufacturing leadership.

4. 1993Samsung

   New Management initiative

   Lee Kun-hee launched the New Management push to raise quality, design, and global competitiveness.

5. 1994Aptiv

   General Motors groups its parts operations

   General Motors brought its in-house parts operations together as the Automotive Components Group, the collection of businesses that was renamed Delphi Automotive Systems in 1995 to give it a separate identity in the supplier market.

6. 1999Aptiv

   Delphi is floated and separated from General Motors

   General Motors sold 100 million Delphi shares, about 17.7 percent of the company, at $17 each in February 1999, raising roughly $1.7 billion, and completed the tax-free separation in May 1999 by distributing the remaining stock to GM shareholders. J.T.

7. 2005Aptiv

   Delphi files for Chapter 11

   Delphi filed for Chapter 11 protection on October 8, 2005, reporting $17.1 billion of assets against $22.2 billion of liabilities after failing to win labor cost concessions as General Motors volumes fell.

8. 2009Aptiv

   Pension plans terminated and core operations sold

   The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation terminated Delphi's six defined benefit plans in July 2009 and became trustee for about 70,000 workers and retirees.

9. 2011Aptiv

   Return to the New York Stock Exchange

   Delphi Automotive returned to the public market in November 2011, when existing shareholders sold 24,078,827 shares at $22 each for gross proceeds of about $530 million. The stock began trading under the symbol DLPH.

10. 2015Aptiv

    Kevin Clark becomes chief executive

    Kevin Clark, who joined Delphi as chief financial officer in 2010 and became chief operating officer in October 2014, succeeded Rodney O'Neal as president and chief executive on March 1, 2015 and joined the board the same day.

11. 2017Aptiv

    Delphi acquires nuTonomy

    Delphi Automotive agreed on October 24, 2017 to acquire the autonomous driving software company nuTonomy for $400 million up front plus earn-outs of about $50 million, adding Level 4 self-driving software to the business it was about to rename Aptiv.

12. 2017Aptiv

    Delphi splits and Aptiv is created

    Delphi Automotive distributed one Delphi Technologies share for every three of its own on December 4, 2017, spinning off the powertrain segment.

13. 2017Samsung

    Harman acquisition closes

    Samsung completed the Harman acquisition, expanding into connected car systems and premium audio.

14. 2020Aptiv

    Smart Vehicle Architecture unveiled at CES

    Aptiv introduced Smart Vehicle Architecture at CES in January 2020, an open platform that replaces distributed electronic control units with zone controllers and centralized compute so vehicle functions can be updated in software.

15. 2020Aptiv

    Motional joint venture formed with Hyundai

    Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Group completed a 50/50 autonomous driving joint venture named Motional, with Aptiv contributing its autonomous driving technology, intellectual property and about 700 employees and Hyundai contributing $1.6 billion in cash plus $400 mi…

16. 2022Aptiv

    Wind River and Intercable acquired

    Aptiv closed the acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital on December 23, 2022 at a revised $3.5 billion, adding the VxWorks real-time operating system and Wind River Studio.

17. 2022Samsung

    Jong-Hee Han becomes CEO

    Jong-Hee Han became CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. in 2022. A longtime TV business leader who helped keep Samsung the top global TV brand.

18. 2024Aptiv

    Aptiv stops funding Motional

    Aptiv completed a restructuring of Motional in May 2024, selling an 11 percent common equity interest to Hyundai for about $448 million of cash and exchanging roughly 21 percent of its common equity for preferred shares.

19. 2024Samsung

    Jun Young-hyun becomes CEO

    Jun Young-hyun became CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. in 2024. Head of the semiconductor (Device Solutions) division and memory business; sole CEO for part of 2025 after Han Jong-hee's death, then co-CEO with TM Roh from November 2025.

20. 2025Aptiv

    Record fiscal 2025 revenue of $20.4 billion

    Aptiv reported revenue of $20.4 billion for fiscal 2025, up 3 percent, with adjusted operating income of $2,461 million and adjusted EBITDA of $3,228 million. GAAP net income was $165 million after a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $648 million.

21. 2025Samsung

    TM Roh joins Young Hyun Jun as co-CEO

    Samsung named TM Roh Head of Device eXperience and CEO, joining Young Hyun Jun as co-CEO.

22. 2025Samsung

    Annual revenue reaches ~$237B (KRW 333.6T)

    Samsung Electronics reported ~$237 billion (KRW 333.6 trillion) in 2025 annual revenue and ~$31 billion (KRW 43.6 trillion) in operating profit.

23. 2025Samsung

    Roh Tae-moon (TM Roh) becomes CEO

    Roh Tae-moon (TM Roh) became CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. in 2025. Longtime head of the mobile business.

24. 2026Aptiv

    Electrical Distribution Systems spun off as Versigent

    Versigent PLC completed its separation from Aptiv on April 1, 2026 and began regular-way trading on the New York Stock Exchange as VGNT.

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