
LG (Lucky-Goldstar) is a chaebol (South Korean industrial conglomerate), specializing in electronics (including home automation), mobile phones, air conditioning (third largest company in the world), small household appliances and since 2008 Business Solutions (solar, security) 2. This company was created by Koo Ja-kyong, who gave way to his eldest son Koo Bon-moo in 1995. In total, the Koo family owns stakes in 17 subsidiaries of the LG group of which 45.25% in LG Chemical and 35.89% in LG Capital Services.
Key dates:
1947: creation of the LG group.
1958: LG Electronics' creation
1970: consumer electronics began operating under the goldstar brand.
2003: LG corp. creation
2011: launch 3d glasses for tvs
2012: first company in the world to market an 84 ”ultra hd tv
2013: launch of homechat
2014: launch of the world's first oled 4k tv, webos smart tv system, and LG G3 smartphone, with quad hd screen.
LG is committed to the environment
(Source: LG)