SM Entertainment was the subject of a flurry of music industry media headlines in 2023, as rival HYBE made a hostile takeover play for the Korean company.
In the end, HYBE took control of a minority stake in SM. The largest private stakeholder in the company as of June 30, 2024, was Kakao (and subsidiary, Kakao Entertainment).
You can see the cap table of SM Entertainment below, as per public investor information the company publishes in Korea.
