Samsung Rising

Reads like a thriller, whipping us through the dramatic story of the world’s largest technology company

Daniel Tudor, author of KOREA: THE IMPOSSIBLE COUNTRY

An extraordinary work of narrative business reportage. Geoffrey Cain tells the story of Samsung's meteoric rise with the flare of a novelist. If you want to understand how Samsung became one of the world's greatest tech firms, this is essential reading

Robert S. Boynton, author of THE NEW NEW JOURNALISM

With Samsung Rising, Geoffrey Cain shines an incisive and entertaining light into the secretive world of the South Korean technology giant, whose ambitions and idiosyncrasies are shaping our digital lives in ways we probably can't imagine

Brad Stone, author of THE EVERYTHING STORE and THE UPSTARTS

Samsung Rising reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement, bribery, corruption, prostitution and other bad behavior… wonderfully informative.

Wall Street Journal

A brisk, balanced telling of the Samsung story.

New York Times Book Review

Cain provides essential reading for the 21st century ... Samsung Rising is a masterclass in business bio-writing – one that reads like a cyberpunk thriller crackling with circuitry, lit by neon and fueled by soju.

Asia Times

[Cain] pulls no punches, touching raw nerves of rivalries and repression and clashing egos in an account that’s unavoidably murky at times, but riveting current history.

Forbes

A gripping read... Cain knows his material

Financial Times