Thai Tycoon - #8 Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth

#8 Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth
Real Time Net Worth As of 5/2/15
$2.8 Billion
2014 Thailand's 50 Richest Net Worth
$2.3 Billion
Age 82
Source Of Wealth hospitals, Self Made
Residence Bangkok, Thailand
Citizenship Thailand
Marital Status Married
Children 5
Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the founder of Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand's largest private healthcare group has 35 hospitals at home plus two in Cambodia. It plans to expand the network to 50 hospitals by 2016. In November, he listed his regional airline Bangkok Airways, raising $395 million. Prasert is simultaneously expanding his media empire housed in Bangkok Media and Broadcast Co. Its satellite TV channel, named PPTV after his initials, is investing $30 million to develop new content. To increase viewership, PPTV will install TV sets in Bangkok Airways' lounges and branches of the hospital chain.