HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk is being investigated by Korean regulators over over allegations he made $285 million from the company’s IPO.

On July 24, 2025, Korea JoongAng Daily reported that officers from Seoul’s Securities and Futures Commission raided HYBE’s ...

Bang Si-hyuk’s private equity fund earnings from HYBE's listing are reported to have exceeded 1 trillion KRW amidst IPO fraud ...

Three former Hybe employees have received suspended prison sentences on insider-trading charges. Meanwhile, police reportedly ...

K-pop giant HYBE says there was nothing improper about the company’s 2020 IPO, and plans to cooperate with investigators.

The financial authorities will file a complaint with the prosecution against Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of Hive's board of directors, on charges of stock market fraud. Before listing Hive, he allegedly ...

BTS is Bang Si-hyuk's greatest strength and biggest vulnerability. The seven-member group from South Korea has succeeded to a historic degree, far beyond anyone's imagination – even Bang's. His ...

Initially founded as Big Hit Entertainment in 2005 by musical mastermind Bang Si-hyuk, the company listed publicly on the Korean exchange in 2020 as HYBE; it’s valued at $9.5 billion today.

When Scooter Braun and Bang Si-hyuk first began to discuss the possible merger of their two companies, their Zoom calls had surprisingly little to do with business. As Braun, whose Ithaca Holdings ...

The first ASEAN-ROK Culture Innovation Summit featured Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-Hyuk, Korea president Moon Jae-in, Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and ...

BTS is Bang Si-hyuk's greatest strength and biggest vulnerability. The seven-member group from South Korea has succeeded to a historic degree, far beyond anyone's imagination – even Bang's.

Formerly a producer and songwriter for K-pop's nascent idols, Si-hyuk's own label, Big Hit Entertainment, recently became larger than the other top labels in Seoul combined.