Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha

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Khun Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha ( Thai : อั ย ย วั ฒ น์ ศรี วัฒน ประภา; until 2012 Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn , born July 26, 1985 in Bangkok ) is a Thai entrepreneur, CEO and chairman of King Power and the president of Leicester City and Oud football clubs -Heverlee Lions . According to Forbes his wealth was in March 2019 about 5.9 billion US dollars .

Life

Aiyawatt was born in 1985 to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha , the founder, owner and chairman of King Power, and his wife, Aimon Srivaddhanaprabha. He has three older siblings, brother Apichet and the sisters Voramas and Aroonroong. He went to a Catholic school in Bangkok and studied at Bangkok University . After receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration there, he started working for his father's company.

On October 27, 2018, his father died in a helicopter crash outside King Power Stadium after Leicester City's home game against West Ham United . On August 8, 2019, he took over the position of President of Leicester City, which his father held from 2010 to 2018, and that of Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Others

He received an Honorary Doctorate from De Montfort University in 2014 for his business activities and contribution to the community in the City of Leicester .

Srivaddhanaprabha is a Buddhist and was ordained a monk for one month in 2015 in the Thepsirin Buddhist temple in Bangkok.

He is a polo player and won a silver medal with Thailand's polo team at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha & family. Accessed August 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ David Conn, and Oliver Holmes, Phakarat Ryn Jirenuwat: Leicester's owner, King Power, accused of £ 327m corruption in Thailand . In: The Guardian . July 12, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed August 9, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ RP ONLINE: Eight months after fatal helicopter crash: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha new head of Leicester City. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha wordt voorzitter Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Oud-Heverlee Leuven, August 8, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 (Dutch).
  6. ^ Vice Chairman Receives DMU Honor. Accessed August 9, 2019 .
  7. ^ Vice-chairman of Leicester City ordained at Thai temple | Leicester Mercury. July 4, 2015, accessed August 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Srivaddhanaprabha, Aiyawatt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Srivaddhanaprabha, Khun Aiyawatt; ศรี วัฒน ประภา, อั ย ย วั ฒ น์ (Thai); Raksriaksorn, Aiyawatt (name until 2012)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thai entrepreneur, soccer official and polo player
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok