Samsung Electronics Posts Record H1 R&D and Equipment Spending; Executive Pay Disclosed
Samsung Electronics reported record first-half spending for 2026, with R&D investment reaching 27.3 trillion won (about $19 billion), up 51.5% from 18.06 trillion won a year earlier. Equipment investment totaled 28 trillion won, also a half-year record. The company said funds support core infrastructure for semiconductor and display businesses. Executive compensation was disclosed, including 23.9 billion won for the head of the device solutions division and 74 billion won for the mobile business co-CEO.
Regulatory filings by Samsung Electronics show that in the first half of 2026, the company's research and development investment reached 27.3 trillion won (approximately $19 billion), a 51.5% increase from 18.06 trillion won in the same period of 2025, setting a new half-year record. During the same period, Samsung's facility and equipment investment totaled 28 trillion won, up nearly 5 trillion won from the year-earlier period, also a record for the half-year. Samsung said the funds were used to build core infrastructure needed for the long-term development of its semiconductor and display businesses.
The regulatory disclosure also included executive compensation: Jeon Young-hyun, head of the Device Solutions division, received 2.39 billion won in the first half, while Roh Tae-moon, co-chief executive officer in charge of the mobile business, received 7.4 billion won.
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