Quiet, but decisive: Koo Kwang-mo's remaking of LG

When Koo Kwang-mo took the helm of LG Group in 2018 at age 40, he did so without a grand ceremony, a high-profile speech or the usual fanfare surrounding chaebol succession. Eight years later, that restrained style still defines one of South Korea’s youngest conglomerate chiefs. Behind the low-key image, however, Koo has driven some of LG's most consequential changes in decades — exiting smartphones, scaling back LCDs and redirecting the group toward higher-margin businesses such as vehicle comp

By The Korea Herald