{"id":1943,"date":"2020-09-29T02:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2020-09-29T03:26:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:26:47","slug":"k-pop-stars-bts-will-take-55-million-with-big-hits-blockbuster-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/k-pop-stars-bts-will-take-55-million-with-big-hits-blockbuster-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop Stars BTS Will Take $55 Million with Big Hit\u2019s Blockbuster IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"
Korean pop boyband BTS has proven their star power anew as they are expected to rake in around $55 million as music label Big Hit Entertainment makes its IPO in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index or KOSPI next month.<\/p>\n
Big Hit Entertainment is expected to be listed on the KOSPI market on October 15 and as early as now investment analysts say the IPO will be the largest in three years in South Korea.<\/p>\n
One of Korea\u2019s biggest K-pop label is issuing its shares at 135,000 won ($115) each in a filing on Monday, raising 962.55 million won ($822 million) and valuing the company at 4.8 trillion won ($4.1 billion) making the deal South Korea’s largest stock offering since July 2017, according to data compiled by Dealogic, CNN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Big Hit CEO Bang Si-Hyuk, the popular boyband\u2019s music producer, will also become an instant billionaire during the IPO after owning as much as 43% of Big Hit shares.<\/p>\n Each BTS band members composed of Park Ji-min, Jeon Jung-kook, Kim Nam-joon ( better known as RM), Kim Tae-hyung (V), Jung Ho-seok (J-Hope), Min Yoon-gi (Suga), and Kim Seok-jin (Jin) received 68,385 shares of Big Hit in August. The Big Hit shares will total $7.9 million each at issue price when it starts trading on October 15th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n The number of new shares to be issued is around 7.1 million, which Big Hit plans to raise 962.6 billion Korean won ($818.3 million). Further demand is expected to come from retail investors including millions of BTS fans which they called Army that are desperate to secure a stake in the company managing their favorite K-Pop idols.<\/p>\nArmy take out loans just to buy Big Hit shares<\/h2>\n