Bang Si-hyuk

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In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.

Bang Si-hyuk

Also known as "Hitman" Bang

Born August 9, 1972 (age 48)

South Korea

Genres R&B

composer
Occupation(s)
songwriter

record producer

CEO

Years active 1994–present

Labels Big Hit Entertainment

Associated acts Park Jin-young

Website https://www.bighitcorp.com/eng/

Alma mater Seoul National University

Known for CEO and founder of Big Hit Entertainment

Net worth $1.4 billion

Korean name

Hangul 방시혁

Hanja 房時爀

Revised Romanization Bang Si-hyeok

McCune–Reischauer Pang Sihyŏk

Bang Si-hyuk (born August 9, 1972), known professionally as "Hitman" Bang (stylized

as "hitman" bang), is a South Korean lyricist, composer, producer, and record
executive. He is the founder and co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment.
 Contents

 1Early life
 2Career
 3Production discography
 4Lyrics and composition
 5Awards
 6References

Early life[edit]
Bang's passion for music began early, as he grew up in a musical home. However, he
was discouraged from pursuing a career in music by his parents. [1][2] He went to Kyunggi
High School before graduating from Seoul National University.[3]

Career[edit]
Bang debuted as a composer while in college. [3] He met Park Jin-young during the mid-
1990s, and the pair often partnered together as a songwriting duo. When Park founded
his company JYP Entertainment, Bang joined him as a composer, arranger and
producer.[2][4][5] One of their early successes was the first-generation group g.o.d.[4] They
were largely responsible for the production of g.o.d's debut album Chapter 1, with Park
serving as the producer and primary songwriter while Bang arranged the
instrumentation and music.[6] Some of g.o.d's most famous songs arranged by Bang
include "One Candle" and "Road". Bang's stage name "Hitman" originated from this
period, when g.o.d enjoyed success as one of the country's best-selling and most
popular boy bands of the early 2000s, earning himself and Park the reputation as "hit
makers".[4] Besides g.o.d, Bang has also produced or composed for artists such as
veterans Im Chang-jung and Park Ji-yoon, singer-actor Rain, groups Wonder
Girls, 2AM and Teen Top, R&B singer Baek Ji-young, and many others.[4][7]
In 2005, Bang left JYP Entertainment and founded his own company Big Hit
Entertainment. He continues to write, compose and produce for Big Hit artists, and he
co-wrote six songs in BTS' critically acclaimed album Wings, released in October 2016.
The success of Wings garnered him the Best Producer Award at the Mnet Asian Music
Awards and the Songwriter Award at the Melon Music Awards that year. In June 2018,
he was named one of Variety's International Music Leaders due to BTS' achievements. [8]
In April 2019, Bloomberg estimated Bang's worth to be about $770 million. [9] The
BigHit IPO filed in October 2020 was the largest seen in South Korea in three years and
skyrocketed Bang's net worth to over $1 billion, making him the only billionaire in South
Korea's entertainment industry.[10][11] The success of the IPO, together with the
commercial success of BTS that year, Bang's steps into diversification with apps
like Weverse, and acquisitions of companies like Source Music and Pledis
Entertainment among others, landed him on the 2020 edition of Variety's Variety500, an
annual index of the 500 most influential business leaders in the global media industry. [12]
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