Looking beyond Thailand | Bangkok Post: auto

INTERVIEW

The name Sunhavut Thamchuanviriya might not ring a bell (yet) in business circles other than the fact that this young entrepreneur operates a successful BMW dealership and built what was once the world's largest Mini showroom located at Sukhumvit soi 63.

But quantum leaps in business growth are about to occur after Sunhavut restructured his core business units into an integrated car service provider under the parent company Master Group Corporation (Asia) or MGCA, which consist of the following: 1) Millennium Auto BMW 2) Millennium Auto Mini 3) Master Certified Used Cars 4) Master Car Rental and Master Driver and Services (Thailand) 5) Master Motor Services (Thailand) 6) Maxi Insurance Broker 7) Master Automotive Training Center 8) I24, which is an information and call center.

Simply put, Sunhavut is going regional.This means that MGCA's annual revenues of 8.5 billion baht in 2011, up 28% when compared to the previous year, is expected to generate revenues of approximately 15 billion baht by 2015.