Net Worth: $21 B
Source of Wealth: retail
Residence: Bangkok, Thailand
Citizenship: Thailand
- The Chirathivat family controls Central Group, the country’s biggest mall developer, which is led by Tos Chirathivat, grandson of the group’s founder.
- The retail giant gets a more than a quarter of its $12.4 billion revenue from overseas, mainly Europe and Vietnam.
- In January 2019, Central invested $200 million for an undisclosed stake in ride-hailing firm Grab’s local unit.
- The firm has a $560 million joint venture with China’s JD.com to set up e-commerce site, JD Central.