Dhanin Chearavanont

Thailand, food and retail. Dhanin grew Charoen Pokphand, his family's Bangkok seed shop, into an integrated food company: CP supplies feed and chicks to contract farmers, buys back the birds, processes them and sells the food. In 1989 he brought 7-Eleven to Thailand, giving CP a nationwide shop network for its own products. CP was also one of the first foreign investors in China's Shenzhen special economic zone.