Chutinant Bhirombhakdi, president and CEO of Boon Rawd Brewery Co Ltd, has died in the United States where he was seeking medical treatment for an undisclosed illness. He was 65.
Chutinant, who died in Boston at about 11am Thailand time, is survived by his wife, Khunying Piyapat, and their three children, Chitpas "Tant" Kridakorn, Nanthaya Bhirombhakdi and Lt Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi. Ms Chitpas is a Democrat Party MP.
Chutinant was the third generation of the Bhirombhakdi family to helm the Boon Rawd Brewery em- pire. Having graduated with an economics degree from Boston Univer- sity and post-graduate programmes in business management from Harvard, Chutinant served as president and CEO of Boon Rawd Brewery Co Ltd, as well as chairman of the board of directors at Singha Estate Public Co Ltd and chairman of C B Holding Co Ltd, among other high-level executive positions.
He also held the post of president of the Paralympic Committee of Thailand and was credited with the success of many Paralympic athletes.
Thailand's national Paralympic team mourned Chutinant's passing by blacking out their social media profile pictures.