Music Business South Korea

Company applied for a pre-IPO review with the Korea Exchange in May

Exec joined peermusic in 2018 as Managing Director, Asia Pacific

'Bang Bang Con: The Live' attracted 756,600 concurrent viewers at its peak

Big Hit is estimated to raise more than 1 trillion won ($810m) through the IPO

Pledis was founded by CEO Han Sung Soo in 2007

Company's operating profit in 2019 was $85.4m

Company has reportedly set up an office in Seoul

Total valuation could be as high as $5bn, say reports

New music to be released worldwide soon

There have been more than 41bn K-Pop streams on the platform to date

His brief sees him oversee A&R operations in a total of 10 markets

Clip from track to be debuted on platform 12 hours ahead of release

Lyrical melody and topline writers were paired with JYP producers

Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music join forces to launch a new girl group aimed to debut in 2021

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