Samsung Rising

Foreign correspondent Geoffrey Cain interviewed more than 400 people to trace Samsung’s ascent from a dried fish and vegetable shop to the largest company in South Korea. He follows it through a government coup, smartphones that caught fire and an epic legal battle with Apple. Cain presents Samsung as a symbol of South Korean pride and corruption, juggling the dueling forces of tradition and modernity. 

Cain, who is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, also writes for The Economist and The Wall Street Journal, among other outlets. Both the Financial Times and McKinsey long-listed his Samsung biography as a Business Book of the Year. The Wall Street Journal said it, “reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement, bribery, corruption, prostitution and other bad behavior.”