Red Bull Heir Moves $1.1 Billion Stake to Geneva Trust Firm

Chalerm Yoovidhya

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When an Austrian marketer and a Thai businessman decided to launch Red Bull to the world, they settled on a simple ownership structure: each would own 49% of the venture.

Chalerm Yoovidhya, a son of the Thai businessman, got the remaining 2% and has kept itBloomberg Terminal for around four decades as Red Bull became a roaring success and turned him, his father and at least nine other family members into billionaires.