Koo In-hwoi

LG. Koo co-founded Lucky Chemical in Busan in 1947, first making a face cream and then plastic goods such as combs and toothbrushes. In 1958 he set up GoldStar, which produced the first radio made in South Korea, followed by fridges and televisions. That chemicals-to-electronics path became the LG Group, still run by his descendants. He died in 1969.