The family is the biggest shareholder of CP All, which runs more than 7,700 7-Eleven stores in Thailand, and Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl, the country’s largest meat producer. Charoen Pokphand Foods also makes ready-to-eat and frozen food, including shrimp wonton and grilled teriyaki chicken, sold at its 7-Eleven and CP Freshmart outlets, and exported to more than 40 countries. The group also controls telecommunications company True Corp.
Jaran, the eldest who’s nine years older than Dhanin, was the first chairman, according to his three-sentence biography on the group’s website in China. He’s Dhanin’s “best partner” in the planning and management of the business, according to the website.
Montri, eight years Dhanin’s senior, was director in some of the conglomerate’s agricultural companies, including C.P. Feed Mill Co., and was vice president of Charoen Pokphand in 1980, according to the website.
Sumet, 79, once ran Hong Kong-listed C.P. Pokphand Co., the Chinese arm of Charoen Pokphand Group, and its business in Indonesia, according to the website.