Familiar names in top five of Forbes list, with Gulf chief Sarath Ratanavadi making biggest gain
Red Bull, the multinational beverage giant in which Chalerm Yoovidhya and his family hold a 51% stake, sold nearly 14 billion cans worldwide in 2025. (Bangkok Post file photo)
The Yoovidhya family of Red Bull fame have retained the top spot as the richest in Thailand for the third consecutive year with a net worth of $47 billion, followed by the CP Group’s Chearavanont brothers with $36.6 billion, according to Forbes magazine.The combined wealth of Thailand’s richest tycoons on the 2026 Forbes list has expanded 10% to $187 billion from $170.5 billion, boosted by a surging market, the magazine said on Thursday.
The wealth of Chalerm Yoovidhya and his family increased by $2.5 billion from 2025. The 6% increase was fuelled by annual revenue that rose more than 8% to $13.9 billion on worldwide sales of nearly 14 billion cans of the energy drink first developed by Mr Chalerm’s late father Chaleo in 1976.
Chalerm Yoovidhya and his family have a net worth of $47 billion (1.6 trillion baht), according to Forbes magazine. (Bangkok Post file photo)
