Rit Thirakomen
Bangkok, Thailand
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
restaurants
$2,000,000,000
1941
#18 Thailand's 50 Richest 2019
Electrical engineer Rit Thirakomen chairs and runs MK Restaurant Group known for its value-for-money 'sukiyaki' restaurants.The restaurant chain was founded by his late mother-in-law as a small Thai eatery in 1962.After co-founding a book publishing business in 1974, he took to the restaurant trade in 1987, expanding into sukiyaki with his wife Yupin. Today, MK has more than 700 restaurants, including Japanese food chain Yayoi.
At MK Restaurants customers cook their own food in a hotpot at their table.In 2018, MK launched takeaway chain Bizzy Box.
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