{{Short description|Thai businessman (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Chalerm Yoovidhya | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950|09}} | birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Businessman | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = 51% stake in Red Bull GmbH | boards = | spouse = Daranee Yoovidhya | children = 3, including Vorayuth Yoovidhya | parents = | father = Chaleo Yoovidhya | relatives = | website = }}
'''Chalerm Yoovidhya''' (born 1950) is a Thai billionaire businessman and co-owner of Red Bull GmbH. As of 2024, ''Forbes'' estimates his family's net worth at US$36 billion, making them the wealthiest in Thailand.<ref name="KE-20200403">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=3 July 2024 |title=Chalerm Yoovidhya and family are the richest among Thai billionaires |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/business/corporate/40039358 |accessdate=9 October 2024 |work=The Nation}}</ref>
==Early life== Chalerm Yoovidhya is the eldest son of Chaleo Yoovidhya, the originator of Krating Daeng and co-creator of the Red Bull brands of energy drinks.<ref name="Forbes Profile">{{cite web|title=Chalerm Yoovidhya|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chalerm-yoovidhya/|website=Forbes|accessdate=2 April 2017}}</ref> His brother Saravoot Yoovidhya runs Red Bull in Thailand, and is a main board director of Kasikorn Bank.<ref name="Forbes Profile" />
==Personal life== Chalerm is married to Daranee Yoovidhya, with three children, and lives in Bangkok, Thailand.<ref name="Forbes Profile" /><ref name="thailandtatler1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thailandtatler.com/tatler-list/500list/daranee-yoovidhya |title=Daranee Yoovidhya Profile |publisher=Thailand Tatler |accessdate=2 April 2017}}</ref> Their children are Varangkana Yoovidhya Kritakara Yoovidhya, Varit Yoovidhya, and Vorayuth Yoovidhya.<ref name="thailandtatler1"/>
Chalerm and his wife have both been mentioned in connection with the Panama Papers, owning five multi-million-dollar properties in London, via Karnforth Investments which is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2107208/how-super-rich-thai-family-co-founded-red-bull-conceals-its|title=How the super-rich Thai family that co-founded Red Bull conceals its wealth, using offshore companies| date= 17 August 2017| work=South China Morning Post|agency=AP|accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> Their holdings in Red Bull are owned through a complex web of British Virgin Islands companies including Karnforth, Jerrard Company Ltd., and JK Fly. Mossack Fonseca's auditors raised concerns about the arrangements in 2010 and 2013.<ref name="scmp"/>
==See also== * Death of Wichian Klanprasert, a case in which Chalerm's fugitive son Vorayuth was sought by Interpol
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