3 Thais among world’s 150 richest people

Three Thai tycoons have been ranked among the world’s richest people on the Forbes list of 2,640 world billionaires in 2023. Thailand has 28 billionaires on the list.

Dhanin Chearavanont, the senior chairman of Thailand’s largest food and agriculture conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, was ranked by Forbes as the 116th richest person in the world with a net worth of US$14.9 billion in 2023.

Two other Thai billionaires on the list are alcohol and real estate tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, who ranked 118th with estimated total assets of $14.8 billion, and energy tycoon Sarath Ratanavadi at 141st with $12.3 billion in estimated assets.

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