Name
Koo Bon-neung
Koo Bon-neung
Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea University
South Korea
Heesung Electronics
electronics
$980,000,000
2057
#41 Korea's 50 Richest 2019
#2057 Billionaires 2019
Koo Bon-neung is the chairman of Heesung Electronics, which makes display components for TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones. He is the younger brother of Koo Bon-moo, the late chairman of the LG Group, one of the top five conglomerates in South Korea. In 2004 his son Koo Kwang-moo was adopted by his brother who lost his own son in a car accident. Kwang-moo now helms LG as its chairman.
Koo is a former president of the Korea Baseball Organization. He started his career in LG in 1976, as a manager for the company's branch in Chicago.
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