Tos Chirathivat

Tos Chirathivat is the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Group and head of one of Thailand’s leading family business groups. The Central Group owns mega-sized department stores and shopping malls in every major city of Thailand.[1] He and his family are among the richest families in Thailand. Multiple shell corporations registered under Chirathivat's name in Nevada were exposed as part of the "Panama Papers" document dump in April 2016.[2]

Career

Tos became CEO of the Central Group on November 29, 2013.[3] From 2002 through 2013, Tos was CEO of Central Retailing, the group’s retail-development arm. In this role, Tos focused on international expansion. The company opened three department stores in China in 2010 and 2011.[4] They also made several key acquisitions in Europe, purchasing the Italian retailer La Rinascente in 2011[5] and the Illum department store in Copenhagen.[6] Tos Chirathivat also served under several executive director roles at Big C Super Center, Robinson department store, and B2S Company Ltd.[1] He briefly worked at Citibank after university.[7]

Family

Tos comes from the well-known Chirathivat clan. His grandfather, Tiang, was a member of Thailand’s commercially prominent Thai-Chinese community and founded the Central Group in 1947.[7] His father, Samrit, served as chairman of the Central Group for 21 years and opened the first shopping center in Thailand in 1957.[1][4] Tos, born in 1965, is the youngest of eight children. Growing up, he was very quiet and considered designing cars as a profession.[4] He and his close-knit family lived on a 12-house compound in Bangkok.[7] He and his wife Sookta have two sons .[4]

Education

Tos earned an economics degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1985 and received his M.B.A. from Columbia University in New York in 1987.[7] He spent a year of high school studying at a private school in Miami.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tos Chirathivat". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Reilly, Steve (8 April 2016). "Panama Papers: 1,000 secret Nevada firms, 2 overseas addresses". USAToday. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tos Chirathivat". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gluckman, Ron (16 July 2014). "Tos Chirathivat Leads Thailand's Retail Empire Into New Markets Abroad". Forbes. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Ploy Ten, Kate (27 May 2011). "Thai Central Retail to acquire Italy's La Rinascente". Reuters. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Jitpleecheep, Pitsinee (11 March 2013). "Central buys Illum in Denmark". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Peel, Michael (20 August 2014). "Tos Chirathivat, Central Group: a balancing act in Bangkok". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 October 2014.


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