Samsung to Hand Shareholders Record $80 Billion
Samsung to Hand Shareholders Record $80 Billion
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Samsung Electronics plans to return up to about $80 billion to its shareholders this year — a record for the South Korean chipmaker — as profits from the artificial intelligence boom pile up.
The package totals 90 trillion won to 110 trillion won, CNBC reported, and includes roughly 30 trillion won in third-quarter cash dividends.
Reuters and the Financial Times reported the same figure, with the FT calling it a record payout.
Timeline
The plan became public on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, when Reuters, CNBC and the Financial Times reported the size of the return package.
It follows a buyback by rival memory maker SK Hynix, according to CNBC.
Roughly 30 trillion won of the total is set to go out as cash dividends in the third quarter, CNBC reported.
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The Financial Times reported that Samsung has come under pressure to distribute more of what it described as the company's bumper profits from the AI boom.
None of the three reports carried direct comment from Samsung executives or named investors beyond the payout plan itself.
What's Next
The next concrete step is the third-quarter cash dividend of about 30 trillion won.
The reports did not break out how much of the remaining 90 trillion to 110 trillion won total will come as buybacks rather than dividends, or set a date for the rest of the program.
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Samsung is one of the world's largest memory chipmakers, and the payout lands in the same stretch as SK Hynix's buyback — two signals of how much cash the AI build-out is throwing off in the memory market that supplies American technology firms.
The won figures come from CNBC; the roughly $80 billion dollar value is the one used by Reuters and the Financial Times.
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