Thursday, January 3, 2013

BYJ - 3rd Richest Man in Entertainment Industry


Still Bae Yong Joon (actor and CEO of Keyeast) remain as the third wealthiest celebrity stockholder for 2012, with 23.7 billion KRW (approximately $22.3 million USD).

Yang Hyun Suk (the founder and CEO of YG Entertainment) was named in the first place, his stock holdings have increased from 131.1 billion KRW last year to 219.5 billion KRW (approximately $206.3 million USD). The increase 67% was credited from the worldwide success of Psy‘s “Gangnam Style“.


He has surpassed the 200.1 billion KRW (approximately $188.9 million USD) stock holdings of Lee Soo Man of SM Entertainment (the second placer), with just an 8.3 percent increase from the previous year.

While Park Jin Young of JYP Entertainment has 73 million won (about 4.7 million dollars).