Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi & family

$11B

$173.9M (1.6%)

as of 07/14/25

About Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi & family

Son of a Bangkok street vendor, Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi controls Thai Beverage, Thailand's largest beverage producer and distributor by revenue, known for its Chang beer.

Other big assets include Singapore beverage and property giant Fraser & Neave.

Charoen's retail empire includes hypermarket chain Big C Supercenter, acquired in 2016 for more than $6 billion.

Charoen listed his privately held property unit, Asset World, in October 2019 and continues to hold a majority stake. It has hotels in tourist hotspots such as Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi and Pattaya.

In 2025, Charoen transferred shares in key companies to his five children.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Thailand

Source of wealth

Beverage, Real Estate

Residence

Bangkok, Thailand

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

05/02/44 (age 81)

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi & family’s fortune is worth

183K

troy ounces of gold

169K

median U.S. household

110K

median U.S. income

0.22%

U.S. credit card volume

0.044%

GDP of the United States

0.032%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Charoen took ThaiBev public in Singapore in 2006 after attempts to list in Thailand were derailed by protests against the promotion of alcohol.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

THAILAND | AWC-TH

Asset World

THAILAND | BJC-TH

Berli Jucker PCL

SINGAPORE | F99-SG

Fraser & Neave Ltd.

SINGAPORE | ACV-SG

Frasers Hospitality

SINGAPORE | TQ5-SG

Frasers Property

SINGAPORE | Y92-SG

Thai Beverage PCL

THAILAND | UV-TH

Univentures Public Co.