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Native name | 주식회사 엘지 |
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| Formerly | Lucky (1947–1983) Lucky-Goldstar (1983–1995) |
| Company type | Public |
| KRX: 003550 | |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 5 January 1947 (as Lucky) October 1958 (as Goldstar) January 1983 (as Lucky-Goldstar) 4 January 1995 (as LG) |
| Founder | Koo In-hwoi |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | KRW87.7 trillion (US$76.66 billion) (2024)[1] |
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Number of employees | 222,000 (2023)[3] |
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| Website | lgcorp |
LG Corporation (or LG Group),[b] formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar,[c] is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi in 1947 and managed by successive generations of his family. Headquartered in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, in Seoul, it was the sixth-largest company in South Korea by revenue in 2023. LG develops, manufactures, and markets electronics, chemicals, household appliances, and telecommunications products. It operates subsidiaries in over 80 countries, including LG Electronics, Zenith, LG Display, LG Uplus, LG Innotek, LG Chem, LG Energy Solution, and LG AI Research.
History
LG Corporation was established as Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947 by Koo In-hwoi.[4] Its first product was "Lucky Cream", the first Korean make-up cream.[5] In 1952, Lak Hui (락희) (pronounced "Lucky"; now LG Chem) became the first South Korean company to enter the plastics industry. As the company expanded its plastics business, it established GoldStar Co. Ltd. (now LG Electronics Inc.) in 1958. Both companies Lucky and GoldStar merged to form Lucky-Goldstar in 1983.[6]
GoldStar produced South Korea's first radio.[6] Many consumer electronics were sold under the brand name GoldStar, while some other household products (not available outside South Korea) were sold under the brand name of Lucky. The Lucky brand was famous for hygiene products such as soaps and HiTi laundry detergents, but the brand was mostly associated with its Lucky and Perioe toothpaste. LG continues to manufacture some of these products for the South Korean market.
Koo In-hwoi led the corporation until his death in 1969, at which time, his son Koo Cha-kyung took over. In 1995, he passed the leadership to his son, Koo Bon-moo. Koo Bon-moo renamed the company to LG in that year.[6] The company then trademarked the letters LG with the company's tagline "Life's Good". LG has owned the domain name LG.com since 2009. It had operated LG.co.kr since 1997.[7]
LG replaced its old logo with a new one on 30 December 2014, changing the wordmark font from Helvetica to LG Smart, the new custom corporate typeface of the company since 2013.
Koo Bon-moo died of a brain tumor on 20 May 2018.[8] In July 2018, it was announced that Koo Kwang-mo, the nephew and adopted son of Koo Bon-moo, will be the new CEO of LG. Koo Bon-moo adopted his nephew in 2004, after losing his only son in 1994,[9] citing "a family tradition of male-only succession".[10]
LG jingle
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 Sample of the jingle [0:03] via |
The G-E-F-D-E-C-C' jingle was produced by Musikvergnuegen and written by Walter Werzowa (who had previously composed the Intel bong) in 2008. The jingle has been featured in LG commercials and devices and is recognised worldwide. It is derived from the English traditional tune "The Lincolnshire Poacher".[11][12][13]
Logo history
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May 2023–present (secondary)[14]
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Corporate affairs
LG Corporation is a holding company that operates worldwide through more than 30 companies in the electronics, chemical, and telecom fields. It is headquarteres in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul.[15] Its electronics subsidiaries manufacture and sell products ranging from electronic and digital home appliances to televisions and mobile telephones, from thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal displays to security devices and semiconductors. In the chemical industry, subsidiaries manufacture and sell products including cosmetics, industrial textiles, rechargeable batteries and toner products, polycarbonates, medicines, and surface decorative materials. Its telecom products include long-distance and international phone services, mobile and broadband telecommunications services, as well as consulting and telemarketing services. LG also operates the Coca-Cola Korea Bottling Company, manages real estate, offers management consulting, and operates professional sports clubs.[16]
LG AI Research was launched in December 2021. In 2021, the company announced its first version of EXAONE.[17] In 2023, the company stated that the language model reduced costs by 78% by making inference faster and using memory more efficiently and multimodal model used more memory to improve content quality while significantly increasing inference speed, leading to a 66% cost reduction.[18]
Corporate governance
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As of September 2023:
| Shareholder | Stake (%) | Flag |
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| Koo Kwang-mo | 15.95% | 
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| National Pension Service | 6.83% |
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| Silchester International Investors | 6.03% | 
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| Koo Bon-sik | 4.48% |
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| Kim Young-sik | 4.20% |
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| Koo Bon-neung | 3.05% |
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| Koo Yeon-kyung | 2.92% |
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| LG Yonam Foundation | 2.13% |
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| Koo Bon-joon | 2.04% |
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| LG Yonam Cultural Foundation | 1.12% |
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| Koo Yeon-soo | 0.72% |
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| Kim Sun-hye | 0.69% |
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| Koo Mi-jung | 0.69% |
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| Lee Uk-jin | 0.61% |
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| Koo Hyung-mo | 0.60% |
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| LG Evergreen Foundation | 0.48% |
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| Koo Ja-young | 0.34% |
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| LG Welfare Foundation | 0.23% |
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Subsidiaries
Associated companies
Sports sponsorship
LG owns the South Korean professional baseball team LG Twins, and is the main sponsor of basketball team Changwon LG Sakers. LG is also a partner of the American professional baseball team Texas Rangers.[19]
LG also sponsored football clubs Girondins de Bordeaux from 1999 to 2000, Leicester City F.C. from 2001 to 2003, Olympique Lyonnais from 2004 to 2006, AEK Athens from 2006 to 2009, Fulham F.C. from 2007 to 2010 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen from 2013 to 2016.[20]
Notes
References
- ^ "LG Electronics LG Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Financial Results". www.lgcorp.com.
- ^ a b c 지분현황 | LG 003550 [Equity Status | LG 003550]. Company Wise (in Korean). FnGuide. n.d. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Corporate Informationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "HISTORY — The Official Site of LG Group". lg.net. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008.
- ^ "The Roots of the LG Brand, "Lucky" and "Goldstar"". LG Official Website. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Song, Su-hyun (12 February 2017). "LG founder bequeaths principle of harmony, sustainable growth". The Korea Herald.
- ^ "Welcome to LG : Global Business Group". Archived from the original on 12 December 1998.
- ^ "LG Chair Koo Bon-moo, Who Ran Company for 23 Years, Dies at 73". Fortune. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Kim, Hooyeon; Park, Kyunghee (20 May 2018). "LG Chair Koo Bon-Moo Dies, Leaves Company to Adopted Son". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ Lee, Ji-yoon (10 July 2018). "LG's Koo Bon-joon prepares to depart". The Investor. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Does LG or Samsung Have a Catchier End-of-Cycle Song? TikTok Is on the Case". House Beautiful. 1 March 2023.
- ^ Steiner, P. (2025:114). Quick Guide Sound Marketing: Wie Sie mit akustischen Reizen Ihre Marke stärken. Germany: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
- ^ "Washing Machine Song – LG Washing Machine Song". Musescore.com.
- ^ "LG updates global brand identity to appeal to Gen Z". Campaign Asia. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Corporate information". LG Global. n.d. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Our Businesses". LG. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
- ^ "'The convergence between of AI and the Biology' LG Creates "Next-Generation Protein Structure Prediction AI" for Drug Discovery". Yahoo Finance.
- ^ Nuñez, Michael (8 August 2024). "LG unleashes South Korea's first open-source AI, challenging global tech giants". VentureBeat. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Texas Rangers, LG Twins announce partnership agreement" (Press release). Major League Baseball. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen Sponsor History LG: 2013-2016". Football Kit Archive. Archived from the original on 13 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
External links
- Official website
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