Rank #155
Dhanin Chearavanont
Net worth $18.1B
Diversified · Thailand
- Born
- Apr 19, 1939
- Age
- 87
- Source
- Diversified
- Residence
- Bangkok
- Citizenship
- Thailand
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 5
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Dhanin Chearavanont is senior chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, one of the world's largest producers of animal feed and livestock.
- Dhanin is 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.
- In 2017, after 48 years as chairman and CEO, Dhanin named eldest son, Soopakij, and the youngest, Suphachai, as CP's chairman and CEO, respectively.
- In 2025, a unit of the group's telecom arm True secured one of three digital bank licences issued by the government. True also partnered with BlackRock for a $1 billion data centre venture.
- Dhanin's daughter Tippaporn runs real estate unit Magnolia Quality Development.
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