Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth
Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand
hospitals, Self Made
$3,400,000,000
667
#7 Thailand's 50 Richest 2019
#667 Billionaires 2019
Former surgeon Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth cofounded Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand's largest private hospital operator, in 1972.Bangkok Dusit has a $370 million luxury healthcare complex in Bangkok that includes a 290-room Movenpick hotel.Prasert also also owns and runs regional airline, Bangkok Airways, which he took public in 2014. He and daughter Poramaporn resigned after the SEC imposed sanctions against them in January 2019 for allegedly manipulating shares of Bangkok Airways.In a company statement, Prasert said they would prove their innocence through the justice system but subsequently paid a fine.
PPTV, his digital TV channel, has the rights to broadcast matches of the English Premier League. Prasert comes from an old Bangkok family that was engaged in making and selling traditional medicines.
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