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[CBC News] LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo will conduct a comprehensive review of the group's future businesses centered on artificial intelligence (AI). Through business report meetings involving major affiliates in the electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications services sectors, the group will review this year's management performance and examine business operation directions and growth strategies for 2027. Partnership projects underway with global technology companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft (MS) are also included in the review.

■ Business Report Meetings Running for a Month... Chairman Koo Presides Personally

LG Group announced that the business report meetings, which began on the 19th, will run for about a month to review business plans by affiliate. Chairman Koo will preside over the meetings personally, with each affiliate's chief executive officer (CEO) and business division heads in attendance.

The meetings will discuss not only the performance of existing businesses but also concrete implementation plans for future projects. In particular, key agenda items will include how to develop AI-related technologies and businesses, and how to connect ongoing collaborations with global companies to actual business operations.

The reporting schedule is divided by business sector. The electronics sector, which includes LG Electronics, LG Display, and LG Innotek, will be reviewed first, followed by the chemicals sector, including LG Energy Solution and LG Chem. Afterward, the business status and plans of telecommunications and service affiliates, including LG Uplus and LG CNS, will be examined.

■ Nvidia and MS Partnerships: Connecting Them to Business Is the Core Issue

LG has concretized its collaboration with Nvidia in the areas of AI factories, physical AI, and mobility. With Microsoft, LG agreed to expand the scope of cooperation to AI infrastructure as a whole.

This AI-centered business restructuring and expansion of global partnerships are cited as key factors that will determine LG Group's mid- to long-term competitiveness. How Chairman Koo coordinates strategies across affiliates and connects them to concrete results through these business report meetings will be the critical point.

■ Chairman Koo Kwang-mo Also Drawing Attention at the Netizens' Awards

As interest gathers around Chairman Koo's vision for future businesses, his name is also drawing attention at the October Netizens' Awards. As of the afternoon of the 21st, Chairman Koo ranked 7th in the Business Leader category. With continued interest in the group's management performance and future growth strategies, how the rankings shift during the remainder of October is also worth watching. Attention is focused on what outcomes Chairman Koo's AI-centered management moves and netizens' evaluations will each bring.

[This article was reconstructed based on the provided information about LG Group's business report meetings. Future business plans and partnership outcomes are not confirmed results, and actual results may differ. AI provided partial assistance.]