Bang Si-Hyuk is a songwriter, lyricist, composer, producer, and record executive from South Korea. Bang Si-Hyuk is best recognized as the founder of Big Hit Music (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) and Hybe Corporation, and chairman of the latter.

Early Life

Bang Si-Hyuk is a 51-year-old South Korean. On the 9th of August 1972, he was born in South Korea. According to the astrological chart, he has a horoscope of Leo and he is also nick-named Hitman. He belongs to the Asian ethnicity while his religious belief is unknown.

He was born to Bang Geuk-yoon (father) and Choi Myung-ja (mother). By profession, his father is a former president of the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Corporation at the Korea Social Insurance Research Institute. He grew up with his younger sister whose name is unknown.

His cousin, Bang Jun-hyuk, is the founder of Netmarble, South Korea’s largest mobile gaming firm, and his maternal uncle, politician and former journalist Choi Kyu-sik, was nominated as South Korea’s ambassador to Hungary in 2018. Growing up, Si-Hyuk built an interest in music while he was discouraged from pursuing a career in the industry by his parents.

Caption: Bang Si Hyuk posted a friendly photo of him and J.Y. Park smiling brightly and netizens reacted (Source: allkpop)

Bang Si-Hyuk – Education

He went to Kyunggi High School. During his high school days, he formed a band with friends and started writing and performing songs he had composed. Later, he enrolled at the Seoul National University and earned a degree in aesthetics.