Who is Bang Si-hyuk?
HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, 54, studied aesthetics at Seoul National University and was recruited by JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young in 1997. He spent his JYP years writing songs for acts including g.o.d, Park Ji-yoon and Rain before founding Big Hit Entertainment in 2005. He kept writing after going independent, working on singer Baek Ji-young's 2008 ballad "Like Being Shot By a Bullet"…
Bang Si-hyuk, the chairman of HYBE, is a 54-year-old man who studied aesthetics at Seoul National University. In 1997, he was recruited by JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young. During his time at JYP, Bang wrote songs for various artists including g.o.d, Park Ji-yoon, and Rain. After leaving JYP in 2005 to found Big Hit Entertainment, he continued composing for artists such as Baek Ji-young's 2008 ballad "Like Being Shot By a Bullet" and 2AM's 2010 hit "Never Let You Go."
His work helped establish him as one of South Korea's most sought-after composers before he achieved success with his own act.
Big Hit Entertainment's first girl group, GLAM, was launched in 2012 as a joint project with Source Music before disbanding in January 2015. However, the company gained significant attention when BTS debuted in 2013, transforming Big Hit Entertainment into the largest music company in the country. In 2019, Big Hit Entertainment expanded its operations by purchasing Source Music, followed by the acquisitions of Pledis Entertainment and KOZ Entertainment in 2020.
In 2021, Bang rebranded the growing empire as HYBE and stepped down as CEO to assume the role of chairman. Despite his reduced role, he remains the co-founder of the company.
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