Charoen
tops Forbes list as richest man in Thailand at US$3 billion
- Bangkok Post, March 12, 2005
...Mr Charoen, who was ranked 194th worldwide, is joined this
year by Chaleo Yoovidhya (292), the founder of the Krating Daeng/Red
Bull empire with $2.2 billion, and Charoen Pokphand Group patriarch
Dhanin Chearavanont (387) at $1.7 billion.
The Chearavanont family's wealth, while nothing to sniff at, has
dwindled substantially from the heady days of the economic boom
in the early 1990s, when as many as 11 Thais were on the Forbes
list of billionaires. In 1994, Mr Dhanin ranked 26th worldwide with
a fortune estimated at $5.3 billion in 25-baht dollars...
Charoen tops Forbes list as richest man in Thailand at US$3 billion
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