# LG Electronics

> LG Electronics is a South Korean electronics maker that has spent seven decades turning household hardware - TVs, refrigerators, washers, air conditioners - into some of the best-selling products on earth. Now it is trying to become something less visible: a platform company that earns money from webOS ad revenue, appliance subscriptions, car components, and building-scale HVAC. The North America arm runs out of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, selling to roughly 100 countries under a three-word promise that has not changed since 1995: Life's Good.

- **Founded:** 1958
- **Headquarters:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Founders:** Koo In-hwoi (Founder (established the Lucky/GoldStar group))
- **Team size:** ~74,000 employees globally (~1,600 in North America).
- **Products:** OLED TVs (evo / transparent OLED), webOS, Home appliances (refrigerators, washers, Styler), LG Air Solution / HVAC, Vehicle Solutions (VS)
- **Notable:** Built Korea's first domestically produced radio (1959) and, over following decades, the country's first TV, refrigerator, washing machine and air conditioner., Pioneered large-screen OLED TVs and shipped the world's first rollable OLED TV (LG SIGNATURE OLED R)., Unveiled the world's first wireless transparent OLED TV, the LG SIGNATURE OLED T (2024).

## Products & services

- **OLED TVs (evo / transparent OLED)** — Premium self-lit televisions, including the world's first wireless transparent OLED (LG SIGNATURE OLED T), running the webOS platform.
- **webOS** — LG's smart-TV operating system and content/ad platform, now on 260M+ devices worldwide and licensed to third-party TV makers.
- **Home appliances (refrigerators, washers, Styler)** — Kitchen and laundry appliances, many with ThinQ AI connectivity and inverter compressors/motors backed by long warranties.
- **LG Air Solution / HVAC** — Residential and commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning - heat pumps, multi-split systems, chillers and data-center cooling.
- **Vehicle Solutions (VS)** — Software-defined and AI-defined automotive components: infotainment, telematics, EV powertrain parts and lighting (with LG Magna e-Powertrain).
- **ThinQ smart-home ecosystem** — AI platform connecting LG appliances and devices for automation, diagnostics and energy management.
- **LG CLOiD home robot** — AI, vision-guided humanoid home robot with two 7-DOF arms, unveiled at CES 2026 to demonstrate a 'Zero Labor Home.'
- **Product subscriptions** — Rent-with-maintenance model for appliances that has grown past KRW 2 trillion in annual revenue.

## Achievements

- Built Korea's first domestically produced radio (1959) and, over following decades, the country's first TV, refrigerator, washing machine and air conditioner.
- Pioneered large-screen OLED TVs and shipped the world's first rollable OLED TV (LG SIGNATURE OLED R).
- Unveiled the world's first wireless transparent OLED TV, the LG SIGNATURE OLED T (2024).
- Grew webOS to more than 260 million devices worldwide.
- Scaled appliance subscriptions past KRW 2 trillion in annual revenue.
- Posted record second-quarter revenue of KRW 23.83 trillion in 2026 with operating profit up 147% YoY.
- Debuted the LG CLOiD home robot and LG Actuator AXIUM robotics components at CES 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Record Q2 2026: consolidated revenue KRW 23.83 trillion, operating profit KRW 1.58 trillion (+147% YoY), driven by premium mix, webOS, subscriptions and vehicle solutions.
- **2026-01** — At CES 2026 LG unveiled the CLOiD home robot and the LG Actuator AXIUM line, pitching a 'Zero Labor Home' vision.
- **2026-01** — LG outlined a 2026 growth strategy centered on AI and B2B, raising future-growth investment more than 40% toward AI Home, smart factories, data-center cooling and robotics.
- **2025-12** — Full-year 2025 results reported, with the platform, subscription and vehicle businesses highlighted as growth engines.
- **2024-01** — Introduced the LG SIGNATURE OLED T, described as the world's first wireless transparent OLED TV.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lg.com/us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lg-electronics
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/LGUS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LGUSA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lgusa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LGUSA
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lgusa

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Last updated: 2026-08-21