South Korea's entertainment agency 'Management Soop' was founded in 2011 by CEO Kim Jang-gyun, who previously worked at SidusHQ and Fantagio. In December 2018, Kakao M acquired a 99.36% stake for 14 billion won. At the time, Kakao acquired BH, Jaywide, and Ready Entertainment with the aim of strengthening its entertainment business through Kakao M, and this was an actor agency that was acquired along with them. For reference, Soop Entertainment's 2017 business performance, which was disclosed at the time of acquisition, was sales of 18.486 billion won and net income of 308 million won. (Total assets of 4.911 billion won, total liabilities of 1.93 billion won) The affiliated artists are Gong Yoo, Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Min-joo, Kim Jae-wook, Kim Ji-soo, Nam Joo-hyuk, Nam Ji-hyun, Seo Hyun-jin, Suzy, Lee Chun-hee, Jang Sung-hoon, Jeon Do-yeon, Jeon Hye-jin, Jung Yu-mi, and Jung Ga-ram. Previously, there were Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-geum, Ryu Seung-beom, Soo Ae, Yoo Min-kyu, Lee Jae-joon, Jung Il-woo, Choi Woo-shik, and Jeon So-ni.