Its headquarters are in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul.

LG Corporation was established as Lak Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947 by Koo In-hwoi.

[4] In 1952, Lak Hui (락희) (pronounced "Lucky"; now LG Chem) became the first South Korean company to enter the plastics industry.

Koo Bon-moo adopted his nephew in 2004, after losing his only son in 1994,[7] citing "a family tradition of male-only succession".

[8] The G-E-F-D-E-C-C' jingle was produced by Musikvergnuegen and written by Walter Werzowa (who had previously composed the Intel bong) in 2008.

[14] LG also sponsored football clubs Girondins de Bordeaux from 1999 to 2000, Leicester City F.C.