Sirivadhanabhakdi family
The Sirivadhanabhakdi family is a Sino-Thai business family and one of the wealthiest in Thailand. The family is headed by Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, who made his fortune in the alcoholic beverages business and has since, through many major acquisitions, expanded the family's holdings into other food and drink properties, real estate, retail, and other industries. The family has controlling stakes in the listed companies ThaiBev, Oishi Group, Berli Jucker, Big C Supercenter, Fraser and Neave, Frasers Property, Asset World Corporation, among others, held both directly and under their holdings banner TCC Group. It is regarded as one of the big five business families that dominate business in Thailand.
History
Charoen was born in Bangkok in 1944, the second of eleven children. His father, a street vendor, was a Teochew immigrant from Shantou, among the last generation of immigrants to arrive before the Chinese Communist Revolution ended migration in 1949. The family, of the Soh/Su clan, first took the Thai surname Srisomburananont. The name Sirivadhanabhakdi—from Pali siri 'prosperity' + vaḍḍhana 'increasing' + Sanskrit bhakti 'devotion'—was granted to Charoen and his descendants by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1988.Charoen has five children with his wife Wanna Sirivadhanabhakdi : Atinant Bijananda, Wallapa Traisorat, Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thapanee Techajareonvikul, and Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi. They have since taken up executive positions in various branches of the family's business empire.
People
Family members include:- Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thai billionaire businessman
- Wanna Sirivadhanabhakdi, wife of Charoen; served several executive positions including Vice-Chairwoman of ThaiBev.
- Atinant Bijananda, eldest daughter
- * Chotiphat Bijananda, husband of Atinant
- Wallapa Traisorat, second daughter
- * Soammaphat Traisorat, husband of Wallapa
- Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, third child and elder son, CEO of ThaiBev
- * Papatchya Sirivadhanabhakdi, wife of Thapana
- Thapanee Techajareonvikul
- * Aswin Techajareonvikul, husband of Thapanee
- Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi
- * Trinuch Chakrabandh Sirivadhanabhakdi, wife of Panote
TCC Group
Food and beverage
;ThaiBev;Fraser and Neave
;Sermsuk
;Oishi Group
Industrial and trading business
Most businesses in this group are under Berli Jucker, a long-standing industrial conglomerate founded in 1882, of which Charoen acquired a majority in 2001.;Berli Jucker
;Berli Jucker Foods
;Berli Jucker Logistics
;Asia Books
;Rubia Industries
;TCC Technology
;Thai Glass Industries
;Thai-Scandic Steel
Finance and insurance
This group originated as Southeast Insurance in 1946, and expanded into other services.;Southeast Insurance
;Southeast Life Insurance
;Southeast Capital
Property and real estate
This group operates as TCC Land, Asset World Corporation, Golden Land, Univentures, and other associated companies. It has done property development in the following categories:;Hospitality
;Retail
;Commercial offices
;Residential development
;MICE
;Leisure
;Master planning
Agriculture and agro-industry
The group has several agricultural business interests in the following areas:;Plantations and processing
;Sugar
;Related businesses
;Agricultural commodities trading