The Ratanarak family () is a

Chinese-Thai Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais) are persons of Chinese descent in Thailand. Thai Chinese are the largest mixed group in the country and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world with a population of approx ...

business family, which has extensive holdings in multiple industries. The family was founded by

Chuan Ratanarak Chuan Ratanarak (; ; 1920–1993) was a self-made Thai businessman who built one of the largest and most powerful business empires in Thailand. Starting with nothing, Chuan was one of the legendary generation of Chinese merchants in Thailand to ...

, who immigrated to Thailand in 1926 at the age of six. He founded the

Bank of Ayudhya Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, branded and commonly referred to as Krungsri (sometimes stylized as krungsri), is the fifth largest bank in Thailand in terms of assets, loans, and deposits, and one of Thailand’s six Domestic Systemical ...

(Krungsri Bank),

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and

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(Channel 7). The Ratanarak family have substantial holdings in a number of Thai-based companies, including Allianz Ayudhya Capital, Matching Maximize Solution, Media Studio, Grand Canal Land, Eastern Star Real Estate, and HR Pro Security and Services. Chuan's son Krit inherited the leadership of these companies, and Krit's son Chachchon is founder of the Tonson Group, the family's investment arm.

People

People with the surname Ratanarak include: * Chachchon Ratanarak (born 1972), Thai businessman *

(1920–1993), Thai businessman *

Krit Ratanarak Krit Ratanarak (; ; ; born 19 April 1946) is a Thai-Chinese billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Bangkok Broadcasting & Television Company (operator of Channel 7) and head of one of Thailand's leading family business groups. He is also ...

(born 1946), Thai businessman

References

{{reflist Thai families of Chinese ancestry Business families of Thailand