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BTS' Label Big Hit Shakes Up Leadership Under Founder Bang Si-Hyuk
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billboard.comBig Hit Entertainment -- the home of K-pop superstars BTS -- has restructured its leadership, with the aim to build on its recent successes and expand globally.
Effective April 20, the music company's founder, Bang Si-Hyuk, will oversee top-level decision-making as chairman and CEO. Lenzo Yoon, who formerly served as co-CEO alongside Si-Hyuk, will now serve as global CEO based in the U.S., while new hire Jiwon Park has been appointed HQ CEO.
Yoon, who previously oversaw Big Hit's business sector, will expand his role to include growing Big Hit in global markets, mainly North America and Japan.
He will be based at the company's newly-announced "Big Hit America" office. Meanwhile, Park -- who previously served as CEO of gaming company NEXON
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