Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha DM
อัยยวัฒน์ ศรีวัฒนประภา
Aiyawatt in 2006
Born	Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39)[1] Bangkok, Thailand[2]
Education	Bangkok University Saint Gabriel's College
Occupation	Businessman
Title	CEO and chairman, King Power Chairman, Leicester City Chairman, OH Leuven
Parent(s)	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (deceased) Aimon Srivaddhanaprabha
Sports career
Country	Thailand
Sport	Polo
Medal record Polo Representing  Thailand Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team

Aiyawatt "Top" Srivaddhanaprabha^[3] (Thai: อัยยวัฒน์ ศรีวัฒนประภา; born Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn [อัยยวัฒน์ รักศรีอักษร] on 26 July 1985)^[4] is a Thai businessman, the CEO and chairman of King Power, and the chairman of Leicester City and OH Leuven.^[1] On Forbes' 2020 World’s Billionaires List, he was one of the five youngest billionaires in Asia.^[5]

Education

Aiyawatt was educated at Saint Gabriel's College, one of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel colleges,^[6] and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the Bangkok University International Program.^[1]

Career

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is the CEO and Chairman of King Power, which was owned by his late father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. He has also had senior executive and administrative capacities at numerous associated companies.

He is the chairman of Premier League football club Leicester City, of which his late father had been the owner and chairman from 2010 to his death in 2018.^[7] After the death of his father he became the chairman.

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]

Aiyawatt's grandfather, Wiwat Raksriaksorn (Chinese: 徐利明; pinyin: Xú Lìmíng) traces his roots at Zhao'an, Fujian, China.^[10] Aiyawat's father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was the founder of King Power.^[11] He has three elder siblings, brother Apichet and sisters Voramas and Aroonroong. His Chinese name is Xu Chengyuan (徐盛源; Xú Chéngyuán).

On 27 October 2018, his father died in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium following Leicester City's home match against West Ham United. Aiyawatt had not attended the match.^[12] The next day, he flew to Leicester to pay tribute to his father.

References

1. "Executive Profile: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. "ไม่ธรรมดา! ส่องโปรไฟล์สองพี่น้องศรีวัฒนประภา เป็นนักกีฬาขี่ม้าโปโล Top 20 ของโลก". sport.trueid.net/.
3. "Manager Profile - Brendan Rodgers". Premier League. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
4. "Aiyawatt SRIVADDHANAPRABHA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
5. "Forbes Rich List 2020: The 5 Youngest Billionaires in Asia". Tatler Hong Kong. 15 May 2020.
6. "คำบอกเล่าบางส่วนจากผู้นำฝูงจิ้งจองสีน้ำเงิน "The fairy tale of underfox"". pantip.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
7. "Thai billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha brought Leicester their greatest days". sky.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
8. "Vice Chairman Receives DMU Honour". LFCF. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
9. Troughton, A. (16 February 2015). "Vice chairman Leicester City ordained at Thai temple". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015.
10. 张骜 (2016-05-18). "莱斯特城泰国老板有华人血统 想为中国足球尽份力". Legal Evening News. Beijing. Archived from the original on 2016-05-20.
11. 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.
12. Steinberg, Jacob (28 October 2018). "Helicopter believed to be carrying Leicester City owner crashes after game". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.