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.

As the company expanded its plastics business, it established GoldStar Co. Ltd. (now LG Electronics Inc.) in 1958.

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.

Since then Hitachi has transferred technologies for LG's products such as radios, wires, TVs, home appliances, semiconductors, etc.

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