Ex-Deputy Prime Minister, economist, business theorist, politician, former Finance Minister and Commerce Minister
Place of Birth: Bangkok
Date of Birth: Wed Jul 15, 1953
Age: 71
Family Background:
Third generation Chiness Thai family
Education:
- Triam Udom Suksa School
- B.A. Econ Thammasat University
- M.A. Finance the Graduate School of Business Administration, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)
- Ph.D. marketing the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Career:
- Co-founder of the Manager Media Group
- Director of the Saha Pattanapibul Group
- Advisor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
- Director of PTTEP
- Director of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand
- 1995 – 96 Advisor to Foreign Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
- 1996 – 97 Advisor to Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya
- Founding member of the Thai Rak Thai Party
- 2001 – 03 Finance Minister
- 2005 – 06 Commerce Minister
- 2015 Deputy Prime Minister
Marital Status:
Married to Anurachanee Jatusripitak with 3 children