Portrait of Koo Kwang-mo

Rank #1799

Koo Kwang-mo

Net worth $2.3B

LG · South Korea

Born
Jan 23, 1978
Age
48
Source
LG
Residence
Seoul
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Koo Kwang-mo is the chairman and chief executive of LG, one of South Korea's top five conglomerates.
  • He inherited shares of his late father and former LG chairman Koo Bon-Moo after his death in 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 has diversified into AI, biotech and cleantech.

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