>>3629221

>Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

From Thailand.

In 2016 he donated £2m to a local children's hospital

sauce: https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/leicester-city-chairman-donates-2m-11316495

Leicester City chairman donates £2m towards new children's hospital for Leicestershire

A £10 million fundraising campaign to create a new children’s hospital for Leicestershire has been kick-started by a donation from the new Premier League champions.

Bosses at the King Power Stadium have handed over £2 million to the Leicester Hospitals Charity to boost the initiative.

Leicester City FC chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha offered the filip in the wake of the Foxes scooping the title at the weekend.

The project aims to develop a new single site children’s hospital for the people of Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and the wider East Midlands.

Dr Johannes Visser, one of the clinical leads at Leicester’s Children’s Hospital and a children’s cancer specialist said it was a first giant step in the campaign, adding: “To be honest we are all a little overwhelmed and hugely grateful for this donation.

“The players, their management team and the owners have been really supportive of the children’s hospital for many years, they always take the time to visit at Christmas and that alone provides a wonderful lift to the children we care for. The staff in the hospital were delighted by the club’s success and their reaction when they heard about the donation was amazing. On behalf of everyone who works in children’s, we want to say thank you.”…..

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….Thai billionaire’s retailer, King Power, has a near-monopoly in the country’s major airports….

sauce: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/04/thai-billionaire-leicester-city-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha

The origins of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha are largely opaque – opening his first business, a modest duty-free shop, during 1989 in downtown Bangkok. Today, the Thai billionaire’s retailer, King Power, has a near-monopoly in the country’s major airports.

And the £39m he paid for Leicester City in 2010 looks, in retrospect, to have been a steal.

It is not clear if Vichai is a gambler but, even if he did not bet on his team, the businessman has won big.

Leicester could now be worth more than £436m – 11 times what he bought the club for according to the New York‑based research firm Private Company Financial Intelligence.

Not unlike the Foxes, Vichai’s rise was hard to predict but his growing wealth has mirrored Leicester’s success. Forbes puts the 58-year-old – who is worth an estimated £1.9bn – at fourth place in Thailand’s rich list in part due to the recent influx of Chinese tourists to the country.

He is seen to have balanced support from both sides of Thailand’s political establishment, who despise each other, and, importantly, the powerful monarchy. His name “Srivaddhanaprabha” was bestowed to him in 2012 by King Bhumibol, the world’s longest serving monarch, for his success and charity work. And the Thai king’s portrait has also been raised at the King Power Stadium.

Despite operating for nearly two decades, it was only in 2006 that King Power managed to secure the exclusive rights to duty-free stores in Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, now the 12th busiest in the world. The contract was blessed by the Thai telecoms tycoon turned prime minister and former Manchester City owner, Thaksin Shinawatra.

“Vichai has made his money by being close to politicians, that’s how you have to do it,” said a member of the Bangkok business community, who asked for anonymity. “Before that he was an average businessman.”

Although Thaksin was later ousted in a coup, Vichai survived and his business is still going strong under the current junta run by Thaksin’s foes in the military. King Power continues to open new stores around the country.

The virtual monopoly is so strong that when a Korean competitor recently tried to enter the market, it was allowed to start building a duty-free store in Bangkok but was later blocked from opening pick-up counters at the capital’s two major airports. Without the pick-up counters, customers cannot receive their tax-free purchases. “They almost finished the building but they can’t operate,” the source said…….

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Royal Honour For City Owners

His Majesty the King of Thailand grants new surname ‘Srivaddhanaprabha' to Head of King Power Group of Companies.

His Majesty King Bhumibol of Thailand has graciously bestowed the family name ‘Srivaddhanaprabha’ on Mr Vichai Raksriaksorn (former surname), Group Chairman of King Power Group of Companies in Thailand and owner of UK’s Leicester City Football Club. The auspicious family name granted by His Majesty was published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette.

“It is our family’s greatest honour to receive this royally granted surname”, Mr Vichai said. “The name ‘Srivaddhanaprabha’ conveys positive attributes to the industry and brings in prosperity to our family. We have now officially changed our surname since it was published in the Royal Gazette in late 2012,” added the Leicester City FC Chairman and head of King Power Group. In Thailand, royally-granted family names have been bestowed particularly on the Monarch's retainers since the reign of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI, r.1910 – 25). It is a tradition of His Majesty to grant surnames to members of the royal family, government officers, and private citizens who have contributed significantly to the good of the country.

This Mr Vichai and King Power have done, not only by bringing 'Thai Spirit' to the world sports by helping to guide Leicester City FC to the top positions in the United Kingdom’s npower Championship, but also by supporting Thai sports culture through ‘THAI FIGHT’. The Srivaddhanaprabhas have also made their mark and reputation by building up King of Duty Free over 24 years. They are unrivalled in terms of experience in the duty free and tax free business in Thailand. Today, King Power Duty Free Company Limited has the concession for duty free operations at many of Thailand’s international airports: Suvarnnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiangmai and Phuket. The group also operates two down-town branches, one in central Bangkok, the other in Pattaya. Over the years the group has taken part in initiatives to develop Thailand's capabilities in terms of employment and it is also an enthusiastic participant in many corporate and

social responsibility programmes dealing with education, charity work, children’s health issues, sports and Thai culture.

sauce: https://www.lcfc.com/news/434490/royal-honour-for-city-owners

>>3629221, >>3629353, >>3629394, >>3629442

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>>3629615

Answer: The Cabal

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