Tos Chirathivat (born 23 November 1964) is the executive chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Central Group and head of one of Thailand's leading family business groups.
His grandfather, Tiang, was a member of Thailand's commercially prominent Thai-Chinese community and founded the Central Group in 1947.
[3] His father, Samrit, served as chairman of the Central Group for 21 years and opened the first shopping center in Thailand in 1957.
[4] They also made several key acquisitions in Europe, purchasing the Italian retailer La Rinascente in 2011,[7] the Illum department store in Copenhagen, and Germany's KaDeWe.
[1] Tos Chirathivat also served in several executive director roles at Big C Super Center, Robinson Department Store, and B2S Company Ltd.[2] He briefly worked at Citibank after university.