Ignore the old answer. Lee Byung-chul founded Samsung Products in 1938, 62 years after Alexander Graham Bell made the discovery of telephones. Telephones were founded in 1876. Samsung makes phones, computers, home phones, washers, dryers, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, refrigerators, and more appliances that are absolutely wonderful. Samsung was originally founded in Seoul, Korea, in Daegu the Republic of Korea.