Bang Si-hyuk

Bang Si-hyuk
Bang in June 2022
Born	(1972-08-09) August 9, 1972 (age 51) South Korea
Other names	"Hitman" Bang
Education	Kyunggi High School Seoul National University (BA)
Occupations	Record executive songwriter record producer
Years active	1994–present
Known for	Founder of Big Hit Music and Hybe Corporation
Korean name
Hangul	방시혁
Hanja	房時爀
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 as "hitman" bang), 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.