As one of the most talked-about figures, Suga has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.
What Is Suga's Net Worth?
Suga is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $50 million. Suga, who also goes by the name Agust D, is best known for being a rapper in the South Korean boy band BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys. BTS has released the Korean-language albums "Dark & Wild" (2014), "Wings" (2016), "Love Yourself: Tear" (2018), "Map of the Soul: 7" (2020), and "Be" (2020) and the Japanese-language albums "Wake Up" (2014), "Youth" (2016), "Face Yourself"(2018), and "Map of the Soul: 7 – The Journey" (2020).
The group is known for singles such as "No More Dream," "Boy in Luv," "Danger," "I Need U," "For You," "Run," "Spring Day," "DNA," "Fake Love," "Idol," and "Dynamite." As a solo artist, Suga has released the album "D-Day" (2023) and the mixtapes "Agust D" (2016) and "D-2" (2020), and "D-Day" was certified Million in South Korea and reached the top 10 on the charts in more than 15 countries. His singles "Daechwita," "People Pt. 2" (featuring IU), and "Haegeum" all reached #1 on the "Billboard" World Digital Song Sales chart. "That That," his collaboration with Psy, earned several awards and nominations and reached #1 on the South Korean Circle Digital Chart, Vietnam Hot 100 chart, and "Billboard" World Digital Song Sales chart. Suga has produced the music videos "HalseyFeat. SUGA of BTS: SUGA's Interlude" (2019), "IU Feat. SUGA of BTS: eight" (2020), and "Jung Kook: Stay Alive" (2022), and he received a Grammy nomination for co-writing a track on Coldplay's 2021 album "Music of the Spheres." In 2018, the members of BTS were honored with the South Korean Order of Cultural Merit, and in 2019, "Time" magazine included the group on its list of the world's 100 most influential people.
Earnings
In 2019the group generated $170 million touring. The only group to earn more was Metallica. Thanks largely to these touring revenues, between June 2019 and June 2020, the BTS members earned a combined $50 million, roughly $7 million per member.
Big Hit IPO
On September 28, 2020, BTS' management company Big Hit Entertainment went public a South Korean stock exchange. The company ended its first day of trading with a market cap of $4.1 billion. It was the third-largest South Korean stock market debut in three years. As owner of 43% of the company, Big Hit founderBang Si-Hyukended the IPO day with a net worth of $1.4 billion. A month before the public offering Bang gave each member of the group 68,385 shares in the company ahead of its IPO. At the end of the company's first day of trading each of the seven membersfound themselves sitting on stakes worth$7.9 million. By the middle of 2023 those shares, assuming they still held their full stakes, were worth $15 million and Bang Si-Hyuk was worth $2.8 billion.
Early Life
Ultimately, Suga's financial journey is a testament to their success.
Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
