Keeree Kanjanapas (Thai: คีรี กาญจนพาสน์; Chinese: 黃創山; pinyin: Huáng Chuàngshān; English: Wong Chong Shan) was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1950. His family roots are in Chaozhou (Guangdong province) and he is a Thai entrepreneur with extensive business interests in mass transit and real estate in the Kingdom of Thailand. He is the Founder and CEO of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited “BTS Skytrain”.
He is the Chairman of the listed Tanayong Public Company Limited, which is a long-established property developer and hospitality operator in Thailand.
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Keeree’s father Mongkol Kanjanapas (黃子明) was a businessman born in Bangkok and based in both Thailand and Hong Kong. Mongkol founded Stelux Holdings (寶光實業) and was the importer of Seiko watches. Keeree decided to use football to promote the Seiko brand and founded one of the most famous and successful football team ever in Hong Kong, Seiko Sports Association (精工), in the 1970s and 1980s. Keeree recruited top local player Wu Kwok Hung from South China AA by offering him a HK$40,000 annual salary. With Wu and a host of foreign players, the team won a total of 9 Hong Kong First Division League titles including a record 7 consecutive titles.
In 1986, when his plans for a super league was turned down by the Hong Kong Football Association, coupled with a downturn in business for Stelux, Keeree wound up the football team after a full house farewell match for Wu Kwok Hung.
Personal life
Keeree is the 13th richest man in Thailand as of 2016, up from 19th in 2012. He is worth $1.42 billion according to Forbes.
Keeree Kanjanapas net worth: Keeree Kanjanapas is a Thai entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1.3 billion. Keeree Kanjanapas has become one of the world’s billionaires and Thailand’s richest as his shares of BTS Group Holdings, the mass transit company he founded and chairs, gained 90% over the last year on the back of growing ridership and higher ticket prices. Under BTSC’s hat was established BTS SkyTrain, the first electric mass transit railway system to commence operations in Thailand, in December 1999. The group plans a $1.2 billion IPO this year of an infrastructure fund in order to set up new mass transit lines in Thailand and in many other locations across Asia. He is also Chairman of the listed Tanayong Public Company Limited, a long-established property developer and hospitality operator in Thailand. In addition to extensive business interests in mass transit and real estate in the Kingdom of Thailand, Keeree served as the manager of The Seiko Sports Association, the most famous and successful football team ever in Hong Kong, in the period from 1970s to 1980s.
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