Petch Osathanugrah ( Thai: เพชร โอสถานุเคราะห์; 21 August 1954 – 14 August 2023) was a Thai businessman and singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Osathanugrah graduated in marketing from

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, and then worked in the advertising sector of his family-owned beverage company

Osotspa Osotspa Public Company Limited () is a Thai beverage producer of drinks such as M-150 and '' Shark Stimulation''. It is based in Bangkok. History The origins of Osotspa date back to 1891. Founded by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok's Chinatown, t ...

, of which he later become CEO. In 1987, he got a large success as a singer with the pop song "เพียงชายคนนี้ (ไม่ใช่ผู้วิเศษ)"/ "I'm just a man (Mai Chai Phoo Wiset)". Osathanugrah also served as president of

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, where he opened the courses to new disciplines and innovative subject areas like digital marketing, financial and investment planning, video games and interactive media production, event management. During her career he also founded the advertising agency Spa Advertising (now Spa-Hakuhodo), established the women's magazine ''น์ผู้หญิงวันนี้ '' ('Women Today'), and created a television program with the same name. An avid art collector whose collection includes paintings by

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and

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, Osathanugrah founded the Dib International Contemporary Art Museum, which is set to open in December 2025. Suffering from

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and diabetes, he died in his sleep on 14 August 2023, at the age of 68. At the time of his death, he was among the 30 richest people in Thailand.

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