Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha


Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha, is a Thai businessman, the CEO and the Chairman of King Power, and the chairman of Leicester City Football Club and OH Leuven. On Forbes' 2020 World’s Billionaires List he was one of the five youngest billionaires in Asia.

Early life

He is the son of late billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the founder, owner and chairman of King Power. He has three elder siblings, brother Apichet and sisters Voramas and Aroonroong.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha was educated at Saint Gabriel's College, and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the Bangkok University International Program.

Career

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is the CEO and vice-chairman of King Power, which was owned by his late father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. He has also had senior executive and administrative capacities at numerous associated companies.
He was the vice-chairman of Premier League football club Leicester City, of which his late father had been the owner and chairman from 2010 to his death in 2018.. After the death of his father he became the chairman.
For his work in business and contribution to the community in the City of Leicester, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in 2014.

Personal life

Srivaddhanaprabha is a Buddhist, and was ordained as a monk at the Thepsirin Buddhist Temple in Bangkok for a month in 2015.
On 27 October 2018, his father died in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium following Leicester City's home match against West Ham United. Aiywatt had not attended the match. The next day, he flew to Leicester to pay tribute to his father.