A MYSTERIOUS THAI tycoon recently pur-chased Fortune, a business magazine that was formerly part of the Time Inc stable, for $i5om. The publication's title suits Chatchaval Jiaravanon, a member of the Chearavanont family, among Thailand's richest. The clan's wealth comes from the Charoen Pokphand Group (cp), a conglomerate it largely owns, which in turn presides over an agribusiness giant.From a small seed shop opened in 1921 on the Song Wat Road in Bangkok, cp has grown to become one of Thailand's most enormous private firms, with holdings in more than 200 subsidiaries around the world, employing 300,000 people. Last year its revenues reached 1.8trn bant ($54bn). It offers consumers everything from insurance contracts to juicy pork steaks, business flights to cars, and cloud-computing services to fancy property.
展开▼
机译：一位泰国神秘主义者大亨最近以$ i5om的价格收购了《财富》杂志，该杂志原先是时代公司的一部分。该出版物的标题适合泰国最富有的人之一，Chearavanont家族成员Chatchaval Jiaravanon。氏族的财富来自其主要拥有的综合企业Charoen Pokphand Group（cp），该集团又由农业综合企业负责。1921年，在曼谷的Song Wat Road开设了一家小型种子商店，cp已成长为一家是泰国最大的私人公司之一，在全球拥有200多家子公司，拥有300,000名员工。去年，它的收入达到了1.8万亿巴特（合540亿美元）。它为消费者提供各种服务，从保险合同到多汁的猪肉牛排，商务旅行到汽车，云计算服务再到高档房地产。
展开▼
