Bang Si-hyuk | |
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Born | South Korea | August 9, 1972
Other names | "Hitman" Bang |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Known for | Founder of Big Hit Music and Hybe Corporation |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 방시혁 |
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Revised Romanization | Bang Si-hyeok |
McCune–Reischauer | Pang Sihyŏk |
Website | hybecorp.com |
Bang Si-hyuk (born August 9, 1972), known professionally as "Hitman" Bang (stylized in lower case), is a South Korean record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He founded the record label Big Hit Music (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) and entertainment company Hybe Corporation both in 2005, and is chairman of the latter.
One of the 50 wealthiest people in South Korea according to Forbes Asia, Bang is the only billionaire in the South Korean entertainment industry. By July 2021, his reported net worth was an estimated $3.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.