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Kongkiat Opaswongkarn
(ก้องเกียรติ โอภาสวงการ)

Kongkiat Opaswongkarn<br>(ก้องเกียรติ โอภาสวงการ)

Top investment banker, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Asia Plus Group

Place of Birth: Bangkok

Date of Birth: Mon Feb 20, 1956

Education:

  • 1978 BA Computer Engineering with First Class Honours, Chulalongkorn University
  • 1980 MBA with Distinction in Finance and Quantitative Analysis, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  • 1982 Master of Science, Operations Research, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  • 1984 Ph.D. Operations Research, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  • 2002 The National Defence Course for the Joint State-Private Sectors Course (Class 14), The National Defence College of Thailand
  • 2005 The Capital Market Academy Leadership Program (Class I)

Career:

  • 1984 Head of Investment Banking Division, and a Member of the IT Committee, Kasikornbank PCL
  • 1988 Head of research department for Baring Securities, Bangkok
  • 1992 Found 1992 Asset Plus Securities
  • 2002 IPO Asset Plus Securities
  • 2004 merger with ABN Amro Asia Securities and formed Asia Plus Securities
  • 2015 CEO Asia Plus Group Holdings PCL (formerly Asia Plus PCL)

Honors:

  • 1995 “Global Leaders of Tomorrow”, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.
  • 1996 “Top Fifty Financial Leaders of the 21st Century”, Euromoney

Marital Status:

Divorce Mrs. Thitima and remarried Duong Thu Huong, former Miss Vietnam. Two children with former wife.