Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn July 1985 (age 39)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Thai | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Bangkok University | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | businessman | ||||||||||||||
| Title | CEO and Chairman, King Power Chairman, Leicester City F.C. Chairman, OH Leuven | ||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Aimon Srivaddhanaprabha | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Thailand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Polo | ||||||||||||||
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Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (Thai: อัยยวัฒน์ ศรีวัฒนประภา), (born Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn, July 1985[4]) is a Thai businessman, the CEO and the vice-chairman of King Power, and the chairman of Leicester City Football Club.[1]
Early life
He is the son of late billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the founder, owner and chairman of King Power.[5] He has three elder siblings, brother Apichet and sisters Voramas and Aroonroong.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha was educated at Saint Gabriel's College,[6] and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the Bangkok University International Program.[1]
Career
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is the CEO and vice-chairman of King Power, which was owned by his father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. He has also had senior executive and administrative capacities at numerous associated companies.
He was the vice-chairman of Premier League football club Leicester City F.C., of which his father had been the owner and chairman from 2010 to his death in 2018.[7] It has been assumed, at time of writing, that he now holds the chairman positions following his father’s death.
For his work in business and contribution to the community in the City of Leicester, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in 2014.[8]
Personal life
Srivaddhanaprabha is a Buddhist, and was ordained as a monk at the Thepsirin Buddhist Temple in Bangkok for a month in 2015.[9]
On 27 October 2018, his father died in a helicopter accident. He was not on board his father's helicopter that crashed outside the King Power stadium on 27 October 2018, as he had not attended the football match.[10] The next day, he flew to Leicester to pay tribute to his father.
References
- ^ a b c "Executive Profile: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ http://sport.trueid.net/detail/121580
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/profile/vichai-srivaddhanaprabha/#42aa12516412
- ^ "Aiyawatt SRIVADDHANAPRABHA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ Conn, David; Holmes, Oliver (12 July 2017). "Leicester's owner, King Power, accused of £327m corruption in Thailand". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
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- ^ "Thai billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha brought Leicester their greatest days". sky.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Vice Chairman Receives DMU Honour". LFCF. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Troughton, A. (16 February 2015). "Vice chairman Leicester City ordained at Thai temple". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015.
- ^ Steinberg, Jacob (28 October 2018). "Helicopter believed to be carrying Leicester City owner crashes after game". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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