Rank #2960
William Heinecke
Net worth $1.3B
Hotels · Thailand
- Born
- Jun 04, 1949
- Age
- 76
- Source
- Hotels
- Residence
- Bangkok
- Citizenship
- Thailand
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- U.S.-born hotelier William Heinecke came to Thailand as a child and started his first business before he turned 18, hence naming his company Minor.
- A Thai citizen since 1991, his Minor International has more than 600 hotels and resorts, over 2,700 restaurants and nearly 200 retail stores spread across more than 60 countries.
- He tripled the size of his hotel portfolio by acquiring Spain's NH Hotels for $2.6 billion in 2018, the year of Minor's golden anniversary.
- Minor also has franchises for such brands as Swensens, Sizzler, Dairy Queen and Burger King.
- Three resorts from Minor's Anantara hotel chain were featured in hit TV series The White Lotus.
- An auto enthusiast, Heinecke has a collection of 36 cars and motorcycles.
- In 2020, Heinecke ceded the CEO's position to a Minor veteran. In 2021, Minor expanded into China, partnering with Funyard Hotels & Resorts.
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