Heads agribusiness conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, which father founded as small Bangkok seed importer. Over the past year stock more than doubled at 3 largest shareholdings: 7-Eleven store operator, CP ALL, on higher profits and successful expansion; as well as food producers Charoen Pokphand Foods and PT Charoen Pokphand on demand from China and high-margin food sales. Also owns country's third largest mobile phone company, which just took over Hutchison Telecom's Thailand operations. Philanthropist restores Buddhist temples in Thailand, sponsors schools and orphanages. Wealth of his three brothers, whom we believe to be billionaires, has been added to Dhanin's total worth.

The Chearavanont family (Thai:เจียรวนนท์) is a Thai Chinese business family based in Bangkok, Thailand, and has ancestral roots fromShantou, China. The family is noted for its success in business and thus amassing a wealth of US$5.5 billion dollars in 1995, making them one of the richest Chinese families in the world.

According to the List of "Thailand's Richest" by Forbes, Dhanin Chearavanont is Thailand's st richest individual, with an accumulated wealth of US$ 7.4 Billion, which places him among the world’s 200 richest men.

Dhanin Chearavanont’s father, Chia Ek Chor, and uncle, Chia Seow Hui, left China for Bangkok in the 1920’s to begin selling seeds and agricultural chemicals. Their business diversified geographically across Asia, and vertically via a number of technology ventures and contract farming initiatives. In the 1980’s, as China opened up to foreign firms, the Charoen Pokphand Group became the preferred partner for international brands such as Honda, Wal Mart, and Tesco.

The C.P. Group is one of Asia's largest conglomerates and operates in agriculture, telecommunications, marketing, distribution and logistics, international trading, petrochemicals, property and land development, crop integration, insurance, automotive, and pet foods.

Dhanin's eldest son Soopakij Chearavanont lives all around Asia but his wife Marisa and four children Kane, Tanya, Mark and Sean reside in Hong Kong.(Source Wikipedia)