Chatri Trisiripisal ( th, ชาตรี ตรีศิริพิศาล, ), known by the ring names Chatri Sityodtong ( th, ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, ) and Yodchatri Sityodtong ( th, ยอดชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, ), is a Thai-born entrepreneur and martial arts instructor based in Singapore. He is best known for being the founder,

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, and

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of Singapore-based

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ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

. He is also the star of '' The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition.''

Personal life

Raised in Thailand, Sityodtong is half Japanese (mother's side) and half Thai (father's side). He graduated with a B.A. in

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from

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in 1994. His family went bankrupt during the

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and his father eventually abandoned the family, but Sityodtong went on to obtain an

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from Harvard Business School in 1999. Sityodtong emigrated to Singapore around the mid-2000s, and has lived there ever since. He currently serves as an

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and guest lecturer at

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's Singapore campus. Sityodtong supports

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through his companies. He is an active donor to Boys' Town Home, a charity that serves abandoned children and youth in need. Sityodtong also supports the Singapore Children's Society and children with cancer with Children's Cancer Foundation.

Martial arts background

Chatri started Muay Thai as a child under Kru Yodtong Senanan of Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand. Senanan eventually gave Chatri the ring name Yodchatri Sityodtong. A veteran of over 30 fights, Sityodtong's last professional Muay Thai fight was in 2008 in Thailand. He is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor under Senanan. Before his death, Senanan appointed him as one of 4 conservators of Sityodtong Muay Thai in the world. Sityodtong started training in

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in 2005 under Renzo Gracie at the

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in New York City. He earned his blue and purple belts under the Renzo Gracie banner from BJJ World Champions Rafael Gordinho Lima and Leandro Brodinho Issa respectively. With Renzo Gracie's blessing, BJJ World Champion Alex Silva awarded Sityodtong his brown belt in 2021. In 2019, Sityodtong was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame.

Career

Chatri started as an investment analyst at

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covering a variety of industries. He later launched Nextdoor Networks with Yau Soon Loo, a classmate at Harvard. Nextdoor Networks was a

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based startup provider of e-commerce infrastructure. Sityodtong was a Managing Director at

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, a US$12 billion hedge fund. In 2005, backed by

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, Sityodtong later launched Izara Capital Management, a US$500 million New York hedge fund. After a decade on Wall Street, he retired. In 2008, he founded

Evolve MMA Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (not associated with Evolve Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) is a chain of martial arts academies. Founded by Chatri Sityodtong, it opened in January 2009. The gym includes several former and reigning UFC and ONE Championship World ...

, a chain of martial arts academies in Asia. In 2011, Chatri founded

and currently serves as its chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, ONE was named Asia's largest global sports media property by

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, while Nielsen ranks ONE amongst the world's top 10 biggest sports media properties in terms of viewership and engagement. In 2021, Sityodtong starred in '' The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition''. The show won Asia's Best Reality TV Series at the 2021 Asian Academy Awards. In August 2022, Sityodtong accepted an invitation by the

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to become a promoter at the prestigious

Lumpinee Boxing Stadium Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( th, สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี) is a sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The stadium is named after Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern ...

in Bangkok, Thailand.

References

External links

ONE Championship websiteEvolve MMA website
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Personal life

Martial arts background

Career

See also

References

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