OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Bayron Biswas

Bayron Biswas (born 13 August 1982) is an Indian politician and social worker who is serving as an MLA of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sagardighi in Murshidabad. He is a member of the Trinamool Congress and before joining that party, he was the sole MLA in West Bengal belonging to the Indian National Congress. Backed by CPI(M)-led Left Front, he defeated the TMC candidate by 22,986 votes during the 2023 bypoll in Sagardighi. He joined TMC on 29 May 2023 in the presence of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
# Bijoy Kumar Banerjee

Bijoy Kumar Banerjee (1927–1996) was an Indian politician. He was the 6th Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 8 March 1967 to 2 May 1971.
# Young African Refugees for Integral Development

Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) is a community-based organization formed by refugees in Uganda that operates a number of programs that provide informal language instruction, Internet access, and vocational training to refugees in urban Kampala. The organization was founded in 2007 by Robert Hakiza a Congolese refugee living in Uganda.

## Focus area

YARID aims to empower refugees, orphans, and other displaced persons by offering comprehensive educational programs, accessible healthcare facilities, and skills training opportunities. Through their approach, they equip individuals who have faced tremendous adversity with the necessary tools and knowledge to thrive and ultimately become valuable, productive members of society.

## Geographical reach

YARID has three field offices in Kampala, Kyaka II, and Palabek refugee settlements. In 2022, the organization directly served over 8,000 refugees across these three field offices, addressing access to education, sustainable livelihoods, and refugee protection, and continually advocating for the rights and opportunities for refugees.
YARID is a registered NGO serving refugees in Uganda. The organization's work remains centered on community-driven solutions to build up fellow refugees on a resilient path.

## Awards

On 23 February 2016, the announcement of the winner of the Ockenden International Prize took place at the annual ceremony held at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Ockenden International established this prize in 2012 with the aim of recognizing and supporting projects that promote the self-reliance of refugees and displaced individuals. That year, a total of 42 entries from 25 countries were considered by expert judges, who carefully evaluated the three top projects. Ultimately, the prestigious prize, amounting to US$100,000, was awarded to the 'Women's Empowerment Project' by Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) from Kampala, Uganda.
YARID, an organization led by refugees, made history by becoming the first recipient of this esteemed international prize. Its founder, Robert Hakiza, originally a Congolese refugee who sought asylum in Uganda approximately seven years ago, had played a pivotal role in the organization's development and success as its director.
# Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani

Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian Olympic javelin thrower. He represented his country in the men's javelin throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His distance was 53.06 in the qualifiers.
# Smoothstack

Smoothstack is an American information technology (IT) staffing firm. Smoothstack provides 12–16 weeks of training to candidates before contracted job placement. The firm requires its employees to sign Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAP) contracts that require payback if the employee leaves within two years.
The agency's TRAP contracts have been described as predatory and were deemed unenforceable in Virginia. In 2024, the United States Department of Labor sued the agency for it TRAP agreements described as "modern-day indentured servitude."
# Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi (Mayfah)

Expedition of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi to Mayfah took place in January 628 AD, 9th Month 7AH, of the Islamic Calendar.

## Expedition

Muhammad sent Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laithi as the commander of 130 men to Mayfah on the confines of Nejd, and was sent to launch an attack against Banu ‘Awâl and Banu Thalabah in Ramadan 7 A.H. The settlement was surprised and the Muslims put many to death, and drove off their camels and flock .
Usama, one of the fighters who went along, killed a man, after he had pronounced the testimony of God's Oneness at the last moment just before killing him (see Shahadah) to which incident Muhammad commented addressing his Companions: "Would you rip open his heart to discern whether he is truthful or a liar?"
This was the 4th surprise raid against the Banu Thalabah.

## Primary source

This event is mentioned in the following primary sources:
* Sahih al-Bukhari, 5:59:568
* Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2
* Tabari, Volume 8, History of Islam
# Akorik

Akorik is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language family drama film directed by Tathagata Bhattacherjee. The film stars Victor Banerjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Anuradha Roy in lead roles. The film premiered on 28th Kolkata International Film Festival.

## Synopsis

Akorik is a story about a relationship between an old man, who is a product of the traditional Bengali Joint Family System, and a little boy.

## Cast

* Victor Banerjee
* Rituparna Sengupta
* Anuradha Roy
* Sudeshna Chakraborty
* Angana Bose
* Master Ankan Mallick
# Jess Orndorff

Jesse Walworth Thayer Orndorff (January 15, 1881 – September 28, 1960) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Boston Doves in 1907. He played parts of nine seasons in the minor leagues from 1904 to 1917.
Orndorff wrote a booklet called "The Fundamentals of How to Play Baseball" in 1936 when he was head instructor of the National Baseball School in Los Angeles.
# Michael McDermott

Michael McDermott may refer to:
* Michael McDermott (musician), Chicago folk-rock singer
* Michael McDermott, drummer, formerly of punk rock band The Bouncing Souls, as of 2021 of Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
* Michael McDermott (baseball) (1864–1947), 19th-century baseball pitcher
* Michael McDermott, software engineer who committed the Edgewater Technology shooting
* Michael McDermott (politician), Libertarian gubernatorial candidate for New York in 2014
* Michael McDermott, actor in the 1979 film Starting Over
* Michael J. McDermott, American diplomat
* Michael H. McDermott, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
# List of banks in Latvia

This list is based on information from Financial and Capital Market commission. Latvia's four largest banks are Swedbank, SEB Group, Citadele Banka and Luminor. In 2023, Swedish Swedbank and SEB Group held more than half of Latvia's banking market.
The largest banks and financial institutions in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are largely the same and mostly dominated by Swedish companies.

## Central bank

* Bank of Latvia
* Valsts Kase

## Commercial banks

| English name | Call name | Licence date | Majority Owner | Website |
| Akciju sabiedrība "Citadele banka" | Citadele | 30 June 2010 | Ripplewood Advisors LLC | citadele.lv |
| Akciju sabiedrība "LPB Bank" | LPB | 5 September 2008 | Signet Bank AS | lpb.lv |
| Akciju sabiedrība "Reģionālā investīciju banka" | RIB | 14 September 2001 | SKY Investment Holding | ribbank.com |
| Akciju sabiedrība "Rietumu Banka" | Rietumu | 5 September 2008 | Esterkin Family Investments | rietumu.com |
| AS BlueOrange Bank | BlueOrange | 12 June 2001 | BBG AS | blueorangebank.com |
| AS Expobank | Expobank | 16 December 1991 | Expobank LLC | expobank.eu |
| AS "Industra Bank" | Industra | 6 May 1994 | J.A. Investment Holding | industra.finance |
| AS "PrivatBank" | PrivatBank | 31 July 1992 | JSC CB PrivatBank | privatbank.lv |
| AS "SEB banka" | SEB | 29 September 1993 | SEB AB | seb.lv |
| Baltic International Bank SE | BIB | 3 May 1993 | Belokon family | bib.eu |
| Luminor Bank AS | Luminor | 2 January 2019 | Luminor Bank | luminor.lv |
| Signet Bank AS | Signet | 26 May 1992 | Signet Acquisition III LLC | signetbank.com |
| "Swedbank" AS | Swedbank | 7 September 1998 | Swedbank AB | swedbank.lv |

## Foreign commercial bank Latvian branches

* Svenska Handelsbanken
* Bigbank
* OP Corporate Bank
* Scania Finans Aktiebolag
* Luminor Bank Latvia Branch

## Banks in Liquidation

* ABLV Bank
* Sakaru banka
* PNB Banka
* Reverta
* Trasta Komercbanka
# Józefów, Rawa County

Józefów (Polish pronunciation:) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Rawska, within Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Biała Rawska, 23 km (14 mi) east of Rawa Mazowiecka, and 76 km (47 mi) east of the regional capital Łódź.
# 2024 Dutch Open – Doubles

Manuel Guinard and Grégoire Jacq were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.
Marcelo Demoliner and Guillermo Durán won the title after defeating Jay Clarke and David Stevenson 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Toshihide Matsui / Kaito Uesugi (first round)
* George Goldhoff / Marcus Willis (first round)
* Marcelo Demoliner / Guillermo Durán (champions)
* Ivan Liutarevich / Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | T Matsui K Uesugi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Clarke D Stevenson | 6 | 6 | | | J Clarke D Stevenson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine V Uzhylovskyi | 3 | 4 | | | Í Cervantes D Rincón | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Í Cervantes D Rincón | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Clarke D Stevenson | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | I Liutarevich S Rodríguez Taverna | 6 | 5 | [5] | | | | | | WC | R Nijboer N Visker | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | I Carou JM Cerúndolo | 4 | 7 | [10] | | I Carou JM Cerúndolo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ryan Nijboer Niels Visker | 6 | 6 | | WC | R Nijboer N Visker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | B Bayldon Mats Hermans | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Clarke D Stevenson | 6$^2$ | 4 |
| | A-u-H Qureshi D Vega Hernández | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Demoliner G Durán | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | S Duncan H Reese | 7 | 6 | | | S Duncan H Reese | 5 | 7$^7$ | [9] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Brian Bozemoj Stijn Paardekooper | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 3 | M Demoliner G Durán | 7 | 6$^4$ | [11] | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Demoliner G Durán | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 3 | M Demoliner G Durán | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Pichler J Rodionov | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | D Pichler J Rodionov | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | GA Boitan A Jecan | 2 | 6 | [6] | | D Pichler J Rodionov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Guillén Meza AD Vallejo | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | Á Guillén Meza AD Vallejo | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Goldhoff M Willis | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# 2024 Hangzhou Challenger – Doubles

This was the first edition of the tournament.
Sun Fajing and Te Rigele won the title after defeating Thomas Fancutt and Yuta Shimizu 6–3, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Evan King / Reese Stalder (first round)
* Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli / Arjun Kadhe (quarterfinals)
* Cristian Rodríguez / Matthew Romios (semifinals)
* Toshihide Matsui / Ramkumar Ramanathan (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | E King R Stalder | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fancutt Y Shimizu | 6 | 6 | | | T Fancutt Y Shimizu | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bayldon F Reynolds | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | B Lock J McCabe | 6$^4$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Lock J McCabe | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | T Fancutt Y Shimizu | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| 3 | C Rodríguez MC Romios | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | [13] | | | | | | 3 | C Rodríguez MC Romios | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | |
| | R Ho J Paris | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | [11] | 3 | C Rodríguez MC Romios | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bakshi Vadym Ursu | 2 | 6$^1$ | | WC | S Tang Z Zheng | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Tang Zheng Zhan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Fancutt Y Shimizu | 3 | 5 |
| WC | F Sun R Te | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | F Sun R Te | 6 | 7 |
| | R Statham Z Svajda | 4 | 6$^1$ | | WC | F Sun R Te | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bolt A Walton | 6 | 6 | | | A Bolt A Walton | 4 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Matsui R Ramanathan | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | F Sun R Te | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | U Blanchet B Harris | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | U Blanchet B Harris | 2 | 6 | [5] | | | | |
| | I Marchenko D Yevseyev | 3 | 4 | | | U Blanchet B Harris | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | FC Alcantara Y-h Hsu | 0 | 1 | | 2 | RC Bollipalli A Kadhe | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | RC Bollipalli A Kadhe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 10

The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 10 is the tenth annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine and the final album in the Hip Hop Hits series to date. Released July 26, 2005, Hip Hop Hits Volume 10 features sixteen hip hop and rap hits (one of them being the bonus track). It went to number 47 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number 60 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album promoted itself on the cover as the "Hip-Hop Hits 10th Anniversary Edition," which is not exactly accurate since the first volume in the compilation series was released eight years ago, and the previous two compilations were released in the same year the year before.
Two songs went to number one on the R&B and Pop music chart: Goodies and Lean Back (the only Hot Rap Tracks number one hit on Volume 10).

## Track listing

* Lean Back - Terror Squad
* Nolia Clap - Juvenile, UTP
* Breathe - Fabolous
* Go D.J. - Lil' Wayne
* Let's Go - Trick Daddy, Lil' Jon and Twista
* Hold You Down - The Alchemist and Mobb Deep
* What U Gon' Do - Lil Jon and Lil' Scrappy
* Goodies - Ciara
* Dammit Man - Pitbull featuring Piccallo
* Certified Gangstas - Jim Jones, The Game, Jay Bezel and Cam'ron
* Neva Eva - Trillville
* Wide Body - Benzino
* Vibrate - Petey Pablo
* Yes Yes Y'all - Geto Boys
* Y'all Heard of Me - C Murder and B.G.
* What's Really Good - Benzino and Scarface
# Fishhook, Illinois

Fishhook is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois, United States.

## Notable residents

Fishhook is where Robert Earl Hughes, once billed the world's largest man by the Guinness Book of World Records, grew up. The town has a small monument in its business district.
# List of schools in the Ottoman Empire

Notable primary and secondary schools during the Ottoman Empire included:

## Adana Vilayet

* Tarsus American College

## Adrianople (Edirne) Vilayet

* Adrianople (Edirne)
** Bulgarian Men's High School of Adrianople

## Aidin Vilayet

* Smyrna (now İzmir)
** American Collegiate Institute
** American Boys’ School
** İzmir Özel Saint-Joseph Fransız Lisesi
* Manisa
** Or Yehuda Agriculture School

## Beirut Vilayet

* Beirut
** American Community School Beirut
** Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour
** Collège de la Sagesse
** Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais
** Lycée Abdel Kader
* Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate (now in Lebanon)
** Brummana High School in Brummana
** Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura in Antoura
** International School of Choueifat – Lebanon in Choueifat

## Constantinople (Istanbul) Vilayet

* Constantinople (modern name: Istanbul and all now in Turkey)
** American Academy for Girls (now Üsküdar American Academy)
** Berberian School
** Deutsche Schule Istanbul
** Lycée de Galatasaray
** Getronagan Armenian High School
** Great National School (Megalē tou Genous scholē)
** İnas İdadisi (İnas Sultanisi) (Currently Istanbul Girls High School)
** Kuleli Military High School
** Liceo Italiano di Istanbul
** Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul
** Lycée Saint-Benoît d'Istanbul/Saint Benoît Fransız Lisesi [fr; tr]
** Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul
** Lycée Français Saint Michel/Özel Saint Michel Fransız lisesi [tr]
** Robert College
** Istanbul International Community School (Formerly Robert College Community School)
** St. George's Austrian High School
** Zappeion - Established in 1875, it was a school for girls catering to the Greek population. Ayşe Sıdıka Hanım [tr], an ethnic Turk, attended this school. Johann Strauss, author of "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire," described it as "prestigious".

## Erzurum Vilayet

* Erzurum
** Sanasarian College

## Kayseri Sanjak

* Talas American College

## Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet

* Harput (now in Elazığ)
** Euphrates College

## Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem

* Jaffa
** Collège des Frères de Jaffa
** Mikveh Israel
* Jerusalem
** Talitha Kumi School (moved to Beit Jala, State of Palestine)
** Schmidt's Girls College (now in East Jerusalem, under Israeli administration)
* Ramallah
** Ramallah Friends Schools

## Monastir Vilayet

* Monastir (Bitola)
** Monastir Military High School

## Salonica (Thessaloniki) Vilayet

* Salonika (Thessaloniki)
** American Farm School
** Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki
** French School of Thessaloniki
** German School of Thessaloniki

## Sivas Vilayet

* Merzifon
** Anatolia College in Merzifon
# Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad

19°39′55″N 78°31′48″E﻿ / ﻿19.66525°N 78.530075°E﻿ / 19.66525; 78.530075
Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad was created by Pope John Paul II on 23 July 1999. The first bishop, Mar Joseph Kunnath, CMI, was ordained bishop on 6 October 1999 at which time the diocese also was inaugurated.
# Achena Uttam

Achena Uttam is a 2022 Bengali-language biographical film directed by Atanu Bose and produced by Alaknanda Arts. Music is composed by Upali Chattopadhyay. The storyline of the film is based on Uttam Kumar.

## Cast

* Saswata Chatterjee as Uttam Kumar
* Rituparna Sengupta as Suchitra Sen
* Ditipriya Roy as Sabitri Chatterjee
* Srabanti Chatterjee as Gouri Devi
* Biswanath Basu as Tarun Kumar
* Sampurna Lahiri as Sumitra Mukherjee
* Priyanshu Chatterjee as Satyajit Ray
* Tirtha Raj Bose as Uttam Kumar (Young)
* Sayantani Raychaudhuri as Supriya Devi
* Sneha Das as Gouri Devi (Young)

## Soundtrack

The film uses a song written by Uttam Kumar.

## Release

On July 1, 2022, the trailer of the film Achena Uttam was released. The film was released theatrically on 22 July 2022.
# St. Thomas More Syro-Malabar Church, Alakode (Meenmutty)

St. Thomas More Syro-Malabar Church, Alakode is a parish of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, located in Kalayanthani, Idukki district, Kerala. It is situated in the village of Alakode at Meenmutty, 6 kilometres away from Thodupuzha town and close to the Thodupuzha – Poomala main road. It is the only church in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam in the patronage of St. Thomas More, who took martyrdom for the protection of faith when he was the Chancellor of England.

## History

Karikkode and Thodupuzha, local trade centres, became the destination for many Christian migrants, notably communities at Alakode, Meenmutty and Edavetty. The Catholic faithful were served from St. Mary's Church in Kalayanthani, established in 1920. Owing to the difficulty for people to attend the Kalayanthani church, the area Catholics petitioned Mar Mathew Pothanamuzhy, first Bishop of Kothamangalam, to grant permission to establish a church at Alakode (Meenmutty). Permission was granted soon thereafter.
A person named Kuriakose from the Thurackal Puthanpurayil family donated two acres of land for the construction of a church in 1963, but the land was separated at a distance from the road used for trade in those days. The land adjacent to the both sides of the main road were part of the Mar Thoma Estate, owned by natives of Alappuzha. A ‘sign of cross’ was found on one of the stones which had been blasted for building walls in the estate. The whole faithful from this area gathered there in prayer and informed the owner of the estate about the same, and the managing director of the estate, Georgekutty Madathilakkal, donated one acre of land for the construction of the church, upon which the present church was constructed.
Rev. Fr. George Nedungattu, who was the parish priest of the Kalayanthani church in 1964, obtained permission to erect a church at the above said place, erected a temporary shed with the support of the people, and began to offer Holy Mass on Sundays. He was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Olickal, the then-Assistant Parish Priest of Kalayanthani.
The church at Alakode was raised to a parish by fixing the new boundaries bifurcated from the parishes of Muthalakodam, Kallanickal and Kalayanthani in 1967. Rev. Fr. John Kallarackal, who was the librarian of Newman College, Thodupuzha, took charge as the new parish priest of Alakode on 16 May 1970. Construction of the church was started soon after that. The present church was completed and blessed in 1975. During the tenure of Rev. Fr. Mathew Karottu Kocharackal in 2003, the church was beautified by laying marble on the floor and ceiling on top. Features including a steel flagpole, stone cross, a beautiful grotto of Mother Mary, and the large presbytery were done by Rev. Fr. Jose Pulparambil with the help of the parishioners in 2009.
This parish of Alakode has been led by 14 priests from the first parish priest Rev. Fr. George Nedungattu till the present parish priest Rev. Fr. Jose Pulparambil.
9°53′15″N 76°45′32″E﻿ / ﻿9.88750°N 76.75889°E﻿ / 9.88750; 76.75889
# Koo Bon-sik

Koo Bon-sik (Korean: 구본식; born June 28, 1958) is a South Korean businessman and chairman of the conglomerate LT Group [ko]. Part of the Koo family that also controls LG and Heesung Group [ko], he is among the richest people in South Korea. In April 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.06 billion and ranked him 37th richest in the country.

## Biography

He was born on June 28, 1958. He is the youngest of four sons and two daughters of former LG chairman Koo Cha-kyung; his male siblings all served or are serving prominent roles in the Koo family's various businesses. He graduated from Shinil High School in 1976. In 1980 he graduated from Korea University with a degree in metallurgical engineering. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1985 with a master's degree in materials engineering.
In 2017, it was reported that his three children sold all their stocks in LG. This was reportedly seen as an attempt to use these funds to expand their influence in Heesung Group.