Portrait of Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth

Rank #1195

Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth

Net worth $3.6B

Hospitals, airline · Thailand

Born
Mar 26, 1933
Age
93
Source
Hospitals, airline
Residence
Bangkok
Citizenship
Thailand
Marital status
Children
5
Education
Medical Doctor, Mahidol University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Former surgeon Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth cofounded Bangkok Dusit Medical Services in 1972. It is Thailand's largest private hospital operator.
  • Bangkok Dusit has a $370 million luxury healthcare complex in Bangkok that includes a 211-room Movenpick wellness resort.
  • Bangkok Dusit has 58 hospitals, including a cancer hospital in Bangkok that opened in 2023.
  • Prasert also owns and runs regional airline, Bangkok Airways, which he took public in 2014.
  • His daughter, Poramaporn, is the president of Bangkok Dusit. His son, Puttipong, has a board seat.
  • PPTV, his digital TV channel, has the rights to broadcast matches of the English Premier League.
  • Prasert comes from an old Bangkok family that was engaged in making and selling traditional medicines.
  • In 2020, Bangkok Dusit dropped its plan to acquire listed rival Bumrungrad International Hospital and eventually sold all its shares.

Financial assets

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