Koo Bon-joon
LG Electronics
$980.91M
as of 11/23/21
About Koo Bon-joon
Koo Bon-joon is the chairman of LX Group, whose main subsidiary LG International holds interests in energy, tech, tourism and industrial materials.
Koo is the second oldest of the Koo brothers of the LG Group, Korea's No. 4 conglomerate.
The bulk of his fortune is derived from the family's de facto holding company LG Corp.
He led the LG International joint venture with Philips, which became LG Display in 2008 and eventually the world's leading LCD manufacturer.
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Citizenship
South KoreaSource of wealth
electronics, household productsResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/24/51 (age 72)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University; Master of Business Administration, University of ChicagoSelf-made
inherited and growingKoo Bon-joon’s fortune is worth
16K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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He is largely credited with turning around what was once LG's money-losing cellphone business.
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