#19 Wichai Thongtang

#19 Wichai Thongtang
Real Time Net Worth As of 5/2/15
$1.46 Billion
2014 Thailand's 50 Richest Net Worth
$1.1 Billion
Age 68
Source Of Wealth investments, Self Made
Residence Bangkok, Thailand
Citizenship Thailand
Marital Status Married
Children 4
Onetime lawyer Wichai Thongtang owns 15% in Thai healthcare firm Bangkok Dusit Medical. He acquired the stake after merging his Phyathai Hospital Group with Bangkok Dusit four years ago. His pay-TV operator Cable Thai Holdings, which owns broadcast rights for English Premier League football in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos through 2016, merged with media company GMM Grammy last year. In 2001 he had successfully represented deposed Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in an asset concealment case.