Gallery

Name

Koo Bon-sik

Primary Residence

Seoul, South Korea

Education

Master, University of Michigan

Citizenship

South Korea

Affiliated Companies

Heesung

Source Of Wealth

electronics/household products

Net Worth

$1,100,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/koo-bon-sik1

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1941

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#35 Korea's 50 Richest 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/korea-billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#1941 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Summary

Koo Bon-sik runs LG affiliate Heesung Electronics with his brother Koo Bon-Neung, who is also one of the richest people in South Korea. He is the youngest of the four Koo brothers of the LG Group. Heesung is LG's largest supplier of backlights, which are used to illuminate LCD displays.Heesung group's affiliates include LT Precision, LT metal and LT Material.

Did you know?

More than 50% of his fortune comes from his stake in LG Corp. In 1947 his grandfather, the late Koo In-hwoi, cofounded LG, then called, Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp., with a popular face cream.

Koo Bon-sik

Gallery

Name

Primary Residence

Education

Citizenship

Affiliated Companies

Source Of Wealth

Net Worth

Forbes Profile

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

Forbes List Rank One: Title

Forbes List Rank One: Link

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

Summary

Did you know?

Age

Tags

Categories

Number of Children

Add a review

Leave a Reply · Cancel reply

You May Also Be Interested In

Sol Zakay

Sudhir Mehta

Udo Tschira