The Wattanavekin family (Thai: วัธนเวคิน) is a Sino-Thai business family of Hakka origin. The family is descended from its late patriarch Kiat Wattanavekin, who migrated to Siam as a child in the 1910s with his mother. Kiat built up businesses in the liquor, construction, sugar, and banking industries, establishing Kiatnakin Finance and Securities Company (now Kiatnakin Phatra Bank) in 1971. Eastern Sugar & Cane Company forms the family's other major holding; it also holds a stake in The Erawan Group, together with the Vongkusolkit family.[1][2] Forbes lists the family, with Kiat's widow Chansamorn Wattanavekin as its head, as the 48th richest in Thailand, as of 2023.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Kiat Wattanavekin passes away at 105". The Nation. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Chansamorn Wattanavekin & family". Forbes. 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
Further reading edit
- Suwanban, Vichai; Framson, Martin (2008). "The Wattanavekin Family". Big Business in Thailand: Profiles of Prominent Thai Business Groups. AMIC. p. 175 ff. ISBN 9789749197356.