CES 2012: Samsung confident of meeting $200 billion 2015 sales target early

LAS VEGAS: Samsung Electronics Co , the world's biggest technology firm by revenue, expects to reach its sales target of $200 billion in 2015 ahead of schedule, its chief executive said on Monday.

"With the current sales growth rate, we are likely to... achieve the 2015 sales target of $200 billion earlier," Samsung chief executive Choi Gee-sung told reporters.

Samsung reported last week a 6.5 percent rise in 2011 revenue to 164.7 trillion won ($141.54 billion).

Choi also said Samsung's mobile phone shipments were likely to surpass that of the industry's top-ranked Nokia this year.