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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi

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$13.0Bnet worth

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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Thai billionaire, founder of Thai Beverage (ThaiBev), which produces Chang Beer. From a humble Bangkok street vendor family, he built a beverage and real estate empire spanning Southeast Asia.

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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (Thai: เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี; simplified Chinese: 苏旭明; traditional Chinese: 蘇旭明; pinyin: Sū Xùmíng; Pe̍h-ūe-jī: Sou Hiok-mêng; RTGS: Charoen Siriwatthanaphakdi; born 2 May 1944) is a Thai business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Thai Beverage, and the chairman of conglomerates TCC Group and Fraser and Neave, Ltd (F&N). The Sirivadhanabhakdi family is now Thailand's largest property developer and landlord of 630,000 rai (101,000 ha; 250,000 acres), plus commercial and retail buildings in Singapore. He also owns 50 hotels in Asia, the US, UK, and Australia, including Plaza Athénée in Manhattan, New York City, US, and The Okura Prestige Bangkok. As of 2020, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$10.5 billion. In 1988, King Bhumibol of Thailand granted the family the Thai surname "Sirivadhanabhakdi".

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1940s
1944

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2020s
2026

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