[2] Pye Phyo Tayza is the eldest son and heir of Tay Za, Myanmar's richest man.
[3] Pye Phyo Tayza was born on 29 January 1987 in Yangon to Tay Za and Thida Zaw, the eldest of three children.
[4] In 2007, following protests against the junta on the streets of many cities in Burma, the United States government imposed sanctions against him, and his father Tay Za.
[4][9] In March 2012, the European Court of Justice ruled that Pye Phyo Tayza be allowed to regain access to his accounts in Europe, as he had testified that he was not connected to his father's business interests.
[10][11] On 31 January 2022, on the eve of the 1st anniversary of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added him to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list for providing financial support to Myanmar's military regime due to his association with the Htoo Group of Companies.