Tos Chirathivat
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Tos Chirathivat | |
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| Born | 23 December 1964 |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
| Title | Central Group (CEO and Chairman) |
| Spouse | Sookta Chirathivat |
| Father | Samrit Chirathivat |
| Family | Chirathivat family |
Tos Chirathivat 鄭昌 (born 23 November 1964) is the executive chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Central Group and head of one of Thailand's leading family business groups. The Central Group owns more than 100 department stores and shopping malls. It also operates hotels and restaurants, with a total of 5,000 outlets.[1][2] He and his family are among the richest families in Thailand.
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.[3] His father, Samrit, served as chairman of the Central Group for 21 years and opened the first shopping center in Thailand in 1957.[2][4]
Tos, born in 1964, 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.[3]
Education
Tos studied at various institutions in the US: one year at a private school in Miami.;[4] earned an economics degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1985 and received his MBA from Columbia University in New York in 1988.[3]
