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BTS member Jin’s VVIP Hyundai Black credit card – used to splurge on band dinners, Givenchy clothes and exotic pets

Big Hit Entertainment’s October IPO made BTS even richer, and the K-pop boy band’s eldest member – who turns 28 on December 4 – spends his US$20 million fortune on his sugar glider pets Eomuk, Odeng and Gukmul, owns a Japanese restaurant and even bought a US$3.7 million apartment for his parent

With the phenomenal international success they’ve achieved, BTS is surely one of the richest outfits to emerge from the global K-pop boom. And since being gifted shares in their parent company Big Hit Entertainment – which raised US$822 million in an IPO in October 2020, valuing the whole company at US$4.1 billion – the seven talented boys are now richer than ever

The boy band’s border-breaking success – BTS are the first Asian act to amass 5 billion streams on Spotify – has brought huge financial gains, and not just for them. In 2019, the group reportedly brought in US$4.65 billion to the South Korean economy through physical album sales, concert tickets and merchandise. According to Celebrity Net Worth, BTS also earned US$170 million from touring and promoting their music.

The band’s oldest member Jin turns just 28 years old on December 4. As he celebrates his birthday, we look at 5 of his biggest achievements

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