South Korea’s highest-ρáíd employee is a creative. The producer behind the K-pop phenomenon BTS, Kang Hyo-won, is reportedly the country’s best-ρáíd employee, according to various Korean news agencies.
According to the producer’s company, K-pop conglomerate Hybe, Kang Hyo-won earned over 40 billion won ($34 million) from January to July of 2021 in salary, bonuses, and stock profits, making him the highest-ρáíd employee of a publicly traded Korean company.
Kang Hyo-won, also known as Pdogg, is the chief producer of BTS and has been behind every single BTS album since 2013. The critically-acclaimed producer has countless awards and number one singles under his belt, and was instrumental to the rise of BTS, now the world’s biggest band...