[NEWS] 110604 Life after U-Kiss, Kim Kibum transforms into a CEO

After leaving the group U-Kiss, Kim Kibum (aka Allen) has been keeping himself busy with various activities.

Most recently, on May 20th, the idol turned young CEO attended a special launch event / fan meeting in Singapore for the toy character ‘Piro Piro’ which was held together with Warner Singapore. The character is from his jointly owned company named HnB Company that he set up with his brother, SS501’s Kim Hyung Joon.

The promotional event was held to help spread the name of Piro Piro for export business purposes, it was stated that around 1,000 fans attended the event.

At the event, the idol was greeted by fans who prepared a special audio and video message for him. Because of their kind actions, when he returned back to Korea, he posted a thank you message to the fans on his twitter account.

With much exuberance, Kibum stated, “Now that I’m alone, I have much more responsibilities to handle. To show my appreciation to fans all around the world for showing their love, I’m in the progress of composing music to eventually return to the entertainment realm. At the same time, I’m also handling my business obligations.”

 

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[NEWS] 110403 “Can’t live as an Idol all the time” ...Kim Hyung Joon and Kim Kibum Brothers becomes CEO

“You can’t be an idol for too long. You have to plan (think of) your future.”

SS501 Kim Hyung Jun and former U-Kiss member Kim Kibum brothers decided to become businessmen.

The 2 brothers who have always been interested in characters and related product design as well as media business development, joint-hands together and started the business, ‘HnB Company’. The name ‘HnB’ is an abbreviation for ‘Happy and Bright’ and is created using their name initial. The alphabet H comes the name of Kim Hyung Jun, while B from brother Kibum.

In the recent interview with Sports DongA, Kim Hyung Jun said with aspiration “We won’t always remain as an young idol group for too long.” he continued, “We have to make some investment and plan for our living for the future. I will show you that my business is a success.”

Kim Hyung Jun added, “My brother Kibum is an idea bank. It would be good if we can start the business while presenting various characters to the fans as gifts at the same time.” he continued, “The 2 of us have been directly involve, from the design to the development of the product.”

The result of ideas from 2 person are the interesting names they have for the products. Like ‘Piro Piro’ for the neck pillows and cushions, and ‘Siro Siro’ and ‘Maro Maro’ which will be launched in April.

Kim Hyung Jun revealed, “The price of fame is the tendency for people to think that celebrity’s status is used in business. I would like to focus on the quality and practicality. When creating the product, i think from the perspective of consumer in order to increase the repurchase rate.”

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[TWITTER] 110211 Alexander's Update

우리″빵누나″방은희사모님의 연극 보러왔어요~♥ 항상 유키스 응원해주셔서 우리도 빵누나 많이 응원해야죠! 싸모딤~~~화이팅!!♥(^v^)/ Watching a play by our CEO's wife!^^♥

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