Many fans are curious about V's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
V is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor who has a net worth of $50 million. V is best known for being a singer 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).
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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." V has released the solo singles "It's Definitely You" (with BTS bandmate Jin), "Sweet Night," and "Christmas Tree," and "Sweet Night" and "Christmas Tree" both reached #1 on the charts in Hungary. V directed the 2019 music video for his song "Winter Bear," and he produced the 2020 BTS music video "Blue & Grey." As an actor, V played Seok Han-sung on the South Korean television series "Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth" from 2016 to 2017, and he began appearing on the Amazon Prime Video series "Jinny's Kitchen" in 2023. 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.
BTS formed in 2013 and features V,Suga,Jimin,Jin,Jungkook,RM, andJ-Hope. In 2014, the band released the Korean-language album "Dark & Wild" and the Japanese-language album "Wake Up," with "Dark & Wild" reaching #2 on South Korea's Circle Album Chart and "Wake Up" reaching #3 on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart. From these two albums, the singles "No More Dream," "Boy in Luv," and "Danger" were top 10 hits in Japan. In 2016, BTS released the Korean-language album "Wings" and the Japanese-language album "Youth," which reached #1 in South Korea and Japan, respectively. "Wings" featured the V solo track "Stigma," which reached #1 on the "Billboard" World Digital Song Sales chart. In 2018, the group released the Korean-language album "Love Yourself: Tear" and the Japanese-language album "Face Yourself." "Love Yourself: Tear" reached the top 10 on the charts in more than 15 countries and was certified 3× Million in South Korea. The album included a solo single by V titled "Singularity," and it topped the "Billboard" World Digital Song Sales chart. "Face Yourself" reached #1 on the Japanese Albums chart, Japan Hot Albums chart, and "Billboard" World Albums chart, and it went 2× Platinum in Japan. "Fake Love" from "Love Yourself: Tear" reached #1 in several countries.
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.
V was born Kim Tae-hyung on December 30, 1995, in Daegu, South Korea. V was raised in Geochang County with two younger siblings, and he became interested in a career as a singer when he was in elementary school. V started taking saxophone lessons as a middle schooler, and after auditioning in Daegu, he was accepted as a trainee for Big Hit Entertainment. He attended Korean Arts High School, and after graduating in 2014, he majored in Broadcasting and Entertainment at Global Cyber University. He earned his degree in 2020, then he began attending Hanyang Cyber University in pursuit of a Master of Business Administration in Advertising and Media.
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 million. 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.
Ultimately, V's financial journey is a testament to their success.
Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
