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  • Media baron Krit Ratanarak controls Bangkok Broadcasting & TV, which operates Thailand's market leader, Channel 7.
  • He also owns a minority stake in Bank of Ayudhya, the country's fifth-largest bank in terms of loans and deposits.
  • In 2020, Bank of Ayudhya acquired a 50% stake in the Philippines-based SB Finance, a lender to small businesses.
  • Other assets include a stake in Siam City Cement, which his late father Chuan founded in 1969.
  • His U.K.-educated son and only child, Chachchon, oversees the Tonson Group and Tonson Property, the family's investment and property arms.
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Personal Stats
Age
79
Source of Wealth
Media, real estate
Residence
Bangkok, Thailand
Citizenship
Thailand
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
1
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