Koo Kwang-mo

About Koo Kwang-mo

Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG, one of South Korea's top five conglomerates.

He inherited the shares of his late father and former LG chairman Koo Bon-Moo after his death in May 2018.

He is an adopted son of the former chairman, who lost his biological son in 1994; Kwang-mo was born as a nephew to Bon-Moo.

In 2018, at age 40, he became the youngest chairman of a major Korean conglomerate.

LG Electronics announced the closure of its mobile division in July 2021, focusing instead on auto electronics and household appliances.