LS Group

LS Corporation

Company type	Public
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1936;89 years ago (1936)
Headquarters	Anyang, South Korea
Key people	Ja Eun Koo (Chairman, LS Group) Christopher Koo (Chairman & CEO, LS Corp.) Ja-Yub Koo (Chairman, LS Cable & System) Ja-Kyun Koo (Chairman, LS ELECTRIC) Ja-Chul Koo (Chairman, YESCO Holdings) Ja-Yong Koo (Chairman, E1)
Revenue	US$25.18 billion (2010) [1]
Net income	US$775 million (2010)
Total assets	US$19.17 billion (2010)
Subsidiaries	LS Cable & System LS Mtron
Website	lsholdings.com

LS Group is a South Korean chaebol (conglomerate) mostly in electrics, electricity, materials and energy sectors. ^[2] It is composed of LS Corp. (see below), E1 (LPG), and YESCO (LNG). "LS Corp." is a holding company, which comprises LS Cable & System (power & communications cables), LS ELECTRIC (electrical equipment & automation systems), LS-Nikko Copper (copper smelter & refiner) and LS Mtron (machinery & components). The company is controlled by the Koo family, the founding family of LG Group.

LS Group was spun off from LG Group in 2003. ^[3]

Group families

• LS Corp
  • LS Cable & System (LS Cable & System, GCI, Alutek, Pountek, Kospace, LS Global, etc.)
    • Gaon Cable (Gaon Cable, Weduss)
  • LS ELECTRIC (Formerly LS Industrial Systems / LG Industrial Systems) (LSITC, LS IS, LS Metal, Planet, LS Mecapion, LS Sauter, LS Power Semitech, Trino)
  • LS MnM (Formerly LS-Nikko Copper) (LS MnM, GRM, Torecom, Recytech Korea, Wahchang, Sunwo)
  • LS Mtron (Daesung Electric/Deltech, Casco, Nongaon Gyeongju, Nongaon Pyeongtaek)
• E1 (E1, E1 Logistics, E1 Container Terminal, Dongbang City Gas)
  • LS Networks (Prospecs)
• YESCO HOLDINGS (YESCO, YESCO Service, Daehan GM, Hansung Group)
• LS I&D (Superior Essex)

See also

• LG Group
• GS Group

References

1. Based upon a KRW=USD exchange rate of 1,100KRW per USD, the spot rate as of December 31, 2010.
2. "Koo Ja-yeol selected as chairman of LS Group". Yonhap . Seoul. November 11, 2012.
3. Seo, Jee-yeon (May 10, 2016). "Legacy of LS Group founders creates 'cousinhood' management". The Korea Herald .

External links

• Official website
• Business data for LS Corp.:
  • Google
  • Reuters
  • Yahoo!