LG Corporation

LG Corporation
	Logo used since 2015
	Headquarters at Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District in Seoul, South Korea
Native name	주식회사 엘지
Formerly	Lucky-Goldstar ; (1983–1995)
Type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 003550
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	5 January 1947; 76 years ago
Founder	Koo In-hwoi
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Koo Kwang-mo; (Chairman and CEO); Kwon Young-soo; (Vice Chairman)
Products	Electronics; chemicals; telecommunications; engineering; information technology; power generation;
Revenue	KRW 156 trillion (2018)
Owners	Koo family (45.9%)[1]; NPS (8.03%)[1]; Mirae Asset (5.5%)[1];
Number of employees	222,000 (2012)[2]
Subsidiaries	LG Electronics; LG Display; LG Uplus; LG Chem; LG Energy Solution; LG H&H; Zenith Electronics;
Website	www.lgcorp.com

LG Corporation (or LG Group) (Korean: 주식회사 엘지), known as LG and formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: Leokki Geumseong; Korean: 럭키금성; Hanja: 樂喜金星), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is the fourth-largest chaebol in South Korea. Its headquarters are in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul.[3] LG makes electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries such as LG Electronics, Zenith, LG Display, LG Uplus, LG Innotek, LG Chem, and LG Energy Solution in over 80 countries.

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