Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi ( th, ฐาปน สิริวัฒนภักดี; born 1975) is a Thai businessman and the CEO and president of

ThaiBev Thai Beverage, better known as ThaiBev ( th, ไทยเบฟ) (), is Thailand's largest and one of Southeast Asia's largest beverage companies, with distilleries in Thailand, UK, and China. It is owned by Thai Chinese billionaire business ma ...

since 2008.

Early life

He is the third of five children of the

Thai Chinese Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin ( th, ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; ''exonym and also domestically''), endonym Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย), are Chinese descenda ...

billionaire

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi ( th, เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี; ; ; born 2 May 1944) is a Thai business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Thai Beverage, and the chairman of conglomerates TCC Group and Fraser ...

(Su Xuming), the founder and chairman of ThaiBev. His Chinese family name is Su (), and "Sirivadhanabhakdi" is the Thai surname granted by King Bhumibol of Thailand to his father in 1988. Thapana earned a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree in financial economics, both from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

Career

In January 2008, Thapana was appointed as the CEO and president of

, having served five years as a director and executive vice president of the company. Thapana has management roles or directorships in Berli Jucker, Beer Thai, Red Bull Distillery Group, Dhospaak, Oishi Group, Oishi Group Public Co Ltd, Univentures PLC, Siam Food Products PLC, and the Southeast Group of Companies.

Personal life

Thapana is married to the former Papatchya Thienprasiddhi. She is the daughter of Pracha and Prajittra Thienprasiddhi. She manages the family-owned Thienprasiddhi Kindergarten.

References

1970s births Living people

Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi ( th, ฐาปน สิริวัฒนภักดี; born 1975) is a Thai businessman and the CEO and president of ThaiBev since 2008. Early life He is the third of five children of the Thai Chinese billionaire C ...

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