Media & Entertainment'Father of BTS' tests investor appetite for K-pop with IPO plan
South Korean agency Big Hit eyes multibillion dollar valuation
BTS, South Korea's most successful boy band, is the creation of entertainment agency Big Hit. © AP
KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer
August 14, 2020 15:44 JST
SEOUL -- Bang Si-hyuk has, by his own account, spent much of his early career fighting the South Korean music industry. Now the man behind BTS, the most successful pop group in the country's history, is ready for an even bigger challenge: taking his talent agency public in the midst of a pandemic.