| General info : | | LG is the brand name used by LG Corporation (or LG Group), formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar, 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.
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.
LG Corporation was established as Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947 by Koo In-hwoi. Its first product was "Lucky Cream", the first Korean make-up cream.
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.
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. 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. | |
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| Websites | | www.lg.com (www.lg.com) | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : LG Corp. | |
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