JYP‘s Power Trio: How Park Jin-young, Jung Wook, and Shin Hyun-guk Dominated Billboard’s Global Power Players 2026

[Sports Today reporter Song O-jung] JYP Entertainment (hereafter JYP) founder and chief creative officer (CCO) Park Jin-young, CEO Jung Wook and JYP America president and chief strategy officer (CSO) Shin Hyun-guk have been named to Billboard's 2026 Global Power Players list.

Billboard published the 2026 Global Power Players list on its official website on March 9 (local time). Each year, Billboard spotlights executives and industry leaders who are shaping the global music market outside the United States. From 2014 through 2024, the feature ran under the title Billboard International Power Players; Park Jin-young first appeared on that list in 2014.

Notably, Park, Jung and Shin were ranked 12th in the multi-sector category of Billboard's Power 100 for 2026, released in January — a recognition that underscores their expanding influence and helped secure their places on the Global Power Players list.

In January, Billboard also reported that JYP posted record revenue in Q2 2025. The company benefited from Stray Kids' largest-ever world tour, which drove concert and merchandise sales up 342% and 356%, respectively, during the quarter. The 13 North American shows drew roughly 491,000 attendees and generated about $76.2 million in revenue — the highest attendance and gross for a K-pop tour in North America by Billboard Boxscore standards. Billboard further pointed to artist development as a competitive strength of K-pop labels, noting JYP's track record of successfully launching and nurturing prominent artists.

[Sports Today reporter Song O-jung ent@stoo.com]
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