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This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths , excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars .
Net worth Source of wealth 116: Dhanin Chearavanont Thailand: 14.9 billion: Charoen Pokphand Group: 118: Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Thailand: 14.8 billion: ThaiBev, real estate 141: Sarath Ratanavadi Thailand: 12.3 billion: Gulf Energy Development 425: Sumet Jiaravanon Thailand: 6 billion: Charoen Pokphand Group: 437: Jaran Chiaravanont Thailand ...
The Thai government retroactively declared his reign to have begun on 13 October 2016, upon his father's death. [6] Aged 64 at that time, Vajiralongkorn became the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne. [7] He is the wealthiest monarch in the world, [8] with a net worth estimated to be between US$30 billion [9] and US$70 billion. [10]
As of 2020, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$10.5 billion. [3] In 1988, King Bhumibol of Thailand granted the family the Thai surname "Sirivadhanabhakdi". [4] As per Forbes list of The Richest People In The World, dated 8 MARCH 2024 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi ranked #177 with a net worth of $11.3 Billion. [5]
The Shinawatra family (Thai: ชินวัตร; RTGS: Chinnawat; Thai pronunciation: [tɕʰīn.nā.wát]) is a wealthy and powerful Thai-Hakka family. Many of its members have been influential people in Thai politics, including four Thai Prime Ministers .
In 2012, the King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej bestowed the family the new surname of Srivaddhanaprabha, [17] [18] which means "light of progressive glory". [16] He was awarded an honorary doctorate as a Doctor of Laws by the University of Leicester in 2016. [19] As a young man, Vichai studied in Taiwan and the United States. [20]
[11]: 282 [12] In 2018, King Vajiralongkorn was granted full, personal ownership of royal assets thought to be worth at least $70bn to as much as $130bn. The Crown Property Bureau, which controlled the royal fortune on behalf of the monarchy, said it transferred ownership of the assets following a change in the law a year earlier.
He is the senior chairman of Charoen Pokphand, Thailand's largest private company. Dhanin is head of the Chearavanont family, which was ranked by Forbes Asia in 2017 as Asia's fourth-wealthiest family with a net worth of US$36.6 billion. [2] [3] As of January 2021, his net worth was estimated at $17.2 billion. [4]