when he was 17 he worked as a wage labourer on the fishing boats, ฟืก รื 1962 he married an elder sister of Nikom
Saencharoen, who later became an MP of the Kitsangkom Party and a deputy minister of communications. By the time he wa 30(1967) he managed to acquire his jown fishing boat. The turning point came in 1971-2 when he seized an opportunity to fish in cambodian waters.