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Koo Kwang-mo is chairman of LG Group. He also serves as CEO of LG, the group’s holding company.

Since 2025, he has emphasized rebalancing through a strategy of selection and concentration, while strengthening investment in the “ABC” fields — AI, bio and cleantech — which he has chosen as future businesses.

He was born on January 23, 1978, in Seoul as the eldest son of Koo Bon-neung, chairman of Heesung Group.

In 2004, he was adopted by Koo Bon-moo, the former chairman and older brother of Koo Bon-neung.

He graduated from Seoul Youngdong High School and the Department of Computer Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the United States. He completed an MBA program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in the United States.

He worked at LG Electronics before moving to a startup. After returning to LG Electronics, he served as managing director of LG’s synergy team and head of the ID(Information Display) business division at LG Electronics’ B2B Business Division.

In 2018, he became chairman and CEO of LG.

He is down-to-earth, humble and practical in his thinking.

He calls employees “customer value creators” and puts customers as the top priority.

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