Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Hospitals, airline
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Bangkok
- Education
- Mahidol University (Medical Doctor)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 5
Assets
- Bangkok Airlines1,283,500,000 shares @ --BA-TH
- Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL2,481,500,000 shares @ --BDMS-TH
Biography
Former surgeon Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth cofounded Bangkok Dusit Medical Services in 1972. It is Thailand's largest private hospital operator.
Bangkok Dusit has a $370 million luxury healthcare complex in Bangkok that includes a 211-room Movenpick wellness resort.
Bangkok Dusit has 58 hospitals, including a cancer hospital in Bangkok that opened in 2023.
Prasert also owns and runs regional airline, Bangkok Airways, which he took public in 2014.
His daughter, Poramaporn, is the president of Bangkok Dusit. His son, Puttipong, has a board seat.
About
PPTV, his digital TV channel, has the rights to broadcast matches of the English Premier League.
Prasert comes from an old Bangkok family that was engaged in making and selling traditional medicines.
In 2020, Bangkok Dusit dropped its plan to acquire listed rival Bumrungrad International Hospital and eventually sold all its shares.