Rank #3416
Bang Si-hyuk
Net worth $1.0B
Entertainment · South Korea
- Born
- Aug 09, 1972
- Age
- 53
- Source
- Entertainment
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bang Si-hyuk is the founder and chairman of Hybe (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), one of Korea's largest music labels and entertainment agencies.
- He took the company public in 2020 in what was South Korea's largest IPO in three years, which made him a billionaire.
- Hybe's success is attributed to its seven-member boy band, BTS, which scored six No. 1 albums on the U.S. Billboard 200.
- Bang worked as a composer for JYP Entertainment, one of Korea's "Big Three" music agencies, before venturing out on his own.
- In 2021, Hybe acquired Ithaca Holdings, which manages Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, for over $1 billion.
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