Somsri Lamsam

About Somsri Lamsam

Somsri Lamsam draws her wealth from a 4.21% stake in the holding outfit of the Charoen Pokphand Group, one of the world's largest producers of animal feed and livestock.

Her late father Montri Jiaravanont was the son of Chia Ek Chor, who along with his brother Choncharoen Chiaravanont, opened a shop selling seeds imported from China in 1921.

CP's other assets include stakes in Chinese insurer Ping An, Hong Kong conglomerate CITIC and telecom unit True Corp. It also owns Tesco's operations in Thailand and Malaysia.