Koo Bon-moo

Koo Bon-moo (; 10 February 1945 – 20 May 2018) was a South Korean business executive, who gained worldwide fame as the renamer and business executive of the LG Group.

Early life Born on 10 February 1945 in Jinju, Korea, Empire of Japan (now South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea), He moved to Ohio and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Ashland University and Cleveland State University, respectively. In 1995, Koo succeeded his father Koo Cha-kyung, the oldest son of LG's founder Koo In-hwoi Koo Bon-moo adopted his nephew Koo Kwang-mo in 2004, after losing his only son in 1994. Starting in 2017, Koo Bon-moo sought continual treatment for a brain tumor. He eventually ended medical treatment, and died in Seoul at a hospital on 20 May 2018, aged 73.