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LG Corporation
Native name
주식회사 엘지
FormerlyLucky (1947–1983)
Lucky-Goldstar (1983–1995)
Company typePublic
KRX: 003550
IndustryConglomerate
Founded5 January 1947; 79 years ago (1947-01-05) (as Lucky)
October 1958; 67 years ago (1958-10) (as Goldstar)
January 1983; 43 years ago (1983-01) (as Lucky-Goldstar)
4 January 1995; 31 years ago (1995-01-04) (as LG)
FounderKoo In-hwoi
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueKRW 87.7 trillion (US$ 61.4 billion) (2024)[1]
Owners
Number of employees
222,000 (2023)[3]
Subsidiaries
Websitelgcorp.com

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. It is the fourth-largest company in South Korea. Its headquarters are in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul.[3] LG makes electronics, chemicals, household appliances, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries such as LG Electronics, Zenith, LG Display, LG Uplus, LG Innotek, LG Chem, LG Energy Solution and LG AI Research in over 80 countries.

History

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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. He then passed the leadership to his son, Koo Bon-moo, in 1995. 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". Since 2009, LG has owned the domain name LG.com. Before this, LG had already operated LG.co.kr in 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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LG jingle
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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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Corporate governance

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As of September 2023

Shareholder Stake (%) Flag
Koo Kwang-mo 15.95% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
National Pension Service 6.83% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Silchester International Investors 6.03% File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Koo Bon-sik 4.48% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Kim Young-sik 4.20% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Bon-neung 3.05% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Yeon-kyung 2.92% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
LG Yonam Foundation 2.13% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Bon-joon 2.04% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
LG Yonam Cultural Foundation 1.12% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Yeon-soo 0.72% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Kim Sun-hye 0.69% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Mi-jung 0.69% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Lee Uk-jin 0.61% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Hyung-mo 0.60% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
LG Evergreen Foundation 0.48% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
Koo Ja-young 0.34% File:Flag of South Korea.svg
LG Welfare Foundation 0.23% File:Flag of South Korea.svg

Business

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LG Corporation is a holding company that operates worldwide through more than 30 companies in the electronics, chemical, and telecom fields. 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.[15]

LG AI Research was launched in December 2021. In 2021, the company announced its first version of EXAONE.[16] 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.[17]

Subsidiaries

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Associated companies

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Sports sponsorship

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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.[18]

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.[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ The logo's symbol has been in use since 4 January 1995.
  2. ^ Korean: 주식회사 엘지[needs update]
  3. ^ Korean: Leokki Geumseong; Korean: 럭키금성; Hanja: 樂喜金星

References

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