Business leader selected as a variety of popular cultural magazines
Including the first this year… Alongside Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook
Lee Soo-man, the only Korean selected as “K-pop father” for 4 consecutive years
Including Chairman Oh Seok-geun Young-jin for 3 years and Bong Joon-ho for 2 consecutive years
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Bang Si-hyuk who raised the group BTS (BTS) Big Hit (352820)Entertainment Chairman Lee Mi-kyung, who contributed to the production of the movie’Parasite’ CJ(001040) The vice chairman and others have been named for the first time on the list of 500 world entertainment industry leaders selected by the American entertainment media variety. Lee Soo-man, the general producer of SM Entertainment, was the only Korean who was selected for 4 consecutive years and showed off its influence.
According to the industry on the 29th, Chairman Bang and Vice Chairman Lee and others were listed on the 500 variety list that Variety released through its official website. Variety 500 is a list that Variety selects and announces 500 influential business leaders leading the global media industry every year since 2017, and includes Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, Netflix CEO Lead Hastings, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Variety asked, “If you don’t know the Korean boy band BTS, where did you come from?”, he introduced the achievements of Chairman Bang, who led the world’s success of BTS. Variety noted that the chairman Bang is not only making music, but also diversifying his business. Referring to the fact that it developed the technology-based global fan community platform Weverse, and acquired several labels such as game companies Superv, Source Music, and Pledis Entertainment, “40 of the sales volume in the top 100 album sales in Korea % Was the work of Big Hit Labels artists, and when it was released last October, the company valued at 8 trillion won.
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CJ Vice Chairman Lee Mi-kyung was also on the list for the first time this year. Variety introduced Vice Chairman Lee under the English name’Miky Lee’ and said, “The person who produced the movie’Parasite’ and introduced K-pop to the US with’KCON’ held in Los Angeles and New York.” Explained. “(Vice Chairman Lee) owns a $4.1 billion entertainment empire and is working hard to promote Korean films, music and culture around the world.”
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Executive Producer Lee Soo-man has been named for the fourth consecutive year from 2017, when the variety 500 announcement began, to this year. For the fourth year in a row, the list includes director Steven Spielberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and this executive producer is the only Korean to stand shoulder to shoulder. Variety explained, “(This executive producer) is still strong as a pioneer of Hyundai K-pop and continues to expand SM Universe.” He said, “Recently, we are showing a strong influence as the father of K-pop by producing SuperM, a joint team called K-Pop Avengers.”
In addition, Oh Seok-geun, chairman of the Film Promotion Committee, was included in the list for the third year and director Bong Joon-ho for the second year.
/ Reporter Song Joo-hee [email protected]
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