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Michael Ahn
President and CEO / North America
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Michael (Myeong Kyu) Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics North American Headquarters, is a visionary leader who is passionate about new technologies.
Building on a three-decade LG career, Michael Ahn was promoted to the position of CEO of LG Electronics North American Headquarters in January 2004 when the company realigned its multifaceted North American operations into a single, consolidated business structure.
Michael Ahn provides strategic direction for LG Electronics activities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, encompassing consumer electronics, home appliances, mobile phones and information technology products, as well as related service and support activities.
A Vietnam War veteran known for his straightforward management style and an intense focus on customer relations, Michael Ahn is responsible for leading the corporate strategies driving LG Electronics' integration, development and growth in North America. Under his leadership, LG Electronics' North American annual revenues grew more than 60 percent to $9 billion in 2005 since 2003.
Providing cutting-edge, performance-driven products for the world's largest digital market, LG Electronics North American operations benefits extensively from Ahn's U.S. management experience and his background in corporate management, sales, marketing, manufacturing and technology.
His experience includes key management roles as executive vice president for the LG Digital Appliance Company, president of LG Electronics' German subsidiary, senior vice president of engineering, manufacturing, quality and service for LG's Zenith subsidiary, and head of LG's U.S. OEM operations
Michael Ahn is active in industry affairs, serving on the Board of Governors of the Electronic Industries Alliance, and as a lecturer on international marketing at Korea and Yonsei Universities. An avid golfer, he and his wife, Jane, live in New Jersey. They have three children, who share their parents' passion for life and interest in business, travel, science and the arts.
Under Michael Ahn's leadership, the LG Electronics goal in North America is to enable the intelligent networking of digital products that will make consumers' lives better and deliver on the promise of its "LG: Life's Good" marketing theme.
Best known for his straight-forward management style and intense focus on customer relations, Myeong Kyu "Michael" Ahn is driving the strategic direction of the company in the world's largest and most important digital market, North America.
Building on three decades of LG Electronics' expertise, epitomized by the company's exceptional business ethics and commitment to operational excellence, Michael Ahn was chosen to lead the massive realignment of the multi-faceted North American operations to create one single, consolidated business structure. Today, as President and CEO of LG Electronics' North American Headquarters, he is the corporation's most senior executive in North American Operations.
Michael Ahn's result-oriented leadership approach challenges the North American management team to work outside of its comfort zone. He is a visionary leader with a passion for product leadership. His global vision and local focus are rapidly establishing LG Electronics as a premium brand and technology leader in key product categories in North America.
