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Sirivat Sandwich
Tel. (662) 676-4772-3 / Fax. (662) 676-4773
www.sirivatsandwich.com E-mail : info@sirivatsandwich.com
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NAME : MR. SIRIVAT VORAVETVUTHIKUN ( CNBC called
me THE SANDWICH MAN )
AGE : 61
EDUCATION : B.B.A. (FINANCE), UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA
PAST CAREER : (11 years) MANAGING DIRECTOR, ASIA
SECURITIES TRADING CO. LTD.
(PRESENTLY, ASIA PLUS SECURITIES TRADING CO,LTD.); (4 years) CHAIRMAN, TONG GWEEN
CO,LTD. (property development)
PRESENT CAREER : ADVISOR,' SIRIVAT SANDWICH '
After graduation from
the University of Texas at Austin in 1974, I had been working in the finance and
securities industry for 16 years as a professional employee. As soon as I left my
post as Managing Director in 1990, I started investing in the local stock market
for my clients. I was able to make profits for them until our portfolio grew to
hundreds of million baht. When the stock market crashed in 1994, I lost all the
money. The situation became worse when my multi-million high-end condominium project
collasped in 1997--the IMF year.
In April 1997,
I started selling sandwiches to earn a living and to pay salaries to my staffs.
On the first day, it took 6 1/2 hours to sell all 20 sandwiches and earned just
500 baht. It has been more than 14 years now that I
have been selling sandwiches in the streets of Bangkok and have been interviewed
by 121 international medias (including CNN, BBC WORLD,
CNBC, NHK, AP, NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES) and 262 domestic
medias.
Today, not only that I have additional
products viz. SUSHI BROWN RICE, THAI CRISPY-RICE SNACK, PITA SANDWICH and THAI HERBAL
/ FRUIT DRINKS but also I have been invited as special guest speaker to 181 universities, chambers of commerce, private and public organizations in Bangkok
and up-country provinces, including many occasions in foreign countries with a total
audience of some 126,000 people.The largest audience was 10,000 people at the 9th APLIC Conference
on April 15,2007 at Taipei Arena in Taiwan. The never give
up speech is My Story, My BrandSirivat
Sandwich. Also, I have begun operating
the first Coffee Corner at the BNH Hospital (next to Saint Joseph Convent, Convent
Road); the second branch at Bangkok Hospital(New Petchburi Road); the third branch
at Central Plaza Chonburi; the fourth branch at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya and providing coffee break service at only Baht 45.- a set under the brand
of Coffee Catering. |
