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Chaleo Yoovidhya

1923 - 2012

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Chaleo Yoovidhya (Thai: เฉลียว อยู่วิทยา, RTGS: Chaliao Yuwitthaya, pronounced [t͡ɕʰā.lǐa̯w jùː.wít.tʰā.jāː]; Chinese: 許書標; pinyin: Xǔ Shūbiāo; 17 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) was a Thai entrepreneur best known as the creator of the energy drink Krating Daeng and co-founder of the globally recognized Red Bull brand. At the time of his death in 2012, aged 88, Chaleo was listed by Forbes as the third-richest person in Thailand, with an estimated net worth of US$5 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Chaleo Yoovidhya is the 163rd most popular businessperson (down from 135th in 2024), the 18th most popular biography from Thailand and the 2nd most popular Thai Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Chaleo Yoovidhya ranks 163 out of 847. Before him are Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, Cyrus West Field, Ratan Tata, Stanley Ho, and John McAfee. After him are Harvey S. Firestone, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Ethan Allen, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Yingluck Shinawatra, and Johann Friedrich Böttger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Chaleo Yoovidhya ranks 71. Before him are Victoria de los Ángeles, Rudolph A. Marcus, Rasul Gamzatov, Koji Miyata, Cliff Robertson, and Zlatko Čajkovski. After him are Walter M. Miller Jr., Norman Mailer, Edgar F. Codd, Chuck Yeager, Hwang Jang-yop, and Frederick Herzberg. Among people deceased in 2012, Chaleo Yoovidhya ranks 77. Before him are Malam Bacai Sanhá, Teófilo Stevenson, Eduard Khil, Richard Lynch, Chavela Vargas, and Ben Gazzara. After him are Helmut Haller, Hans Werner Henze, Harry Harrison, Chris Marker, Sergey Sokolov, and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Chaleo Yoovidhya ranks 18 out of 186. Before him are Pridi Banomyong (1900), Michael Michai Kitbunchu (1929), Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (1958), Naresuan (1555), Lisa (1997), and Emmanuelle Arsan (1932). After him are Yingluck Shinawatra (1967), Rama II of Siam (1767), Rama III (1788), Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954), Samak Sundaravej (1935), and Somchai Wongsawat (1947).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Thailand

Among businesspeople born in Thailand, Chaleo Yoovidhya ranks 2. Before him are Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (1958). After him are Yingluck Shinawatra (1967), Srettha Thavisin (1962), Anutin Charnvirakul (1966), and Annika Falkengren (1962).

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