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Red Bull The self-made Thai billionaire who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago has died, state media in Thailand reported Saturday. He was 89. Thai state television broadcaster MCOT said that Chaleo Yoovidhya died of natural causes on Saturday. It cited an executive at the Thai Beverage Industry Association. The Bangkok Post reported that he died at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn Hospital. Chaleo founded T.C. Pharmaceuticals. In the 1970s, it formulated an energy drink prototype called Krathing Daeng, or Red Bull in English. It was popular among Thai truck drivers and laborers. Chaleo then co-founded a company in 1984 with an Austrian partner who helped turn Red Bull into a global brand. Chaleo was the 205th richest man in the world with a net worth of $5 billion, according to Forbes magazine's 2012 ranking. The Bangkok Post said that he was the third richest man in Thailand. ( End from news) ____________________________________________________ Millions of people around the world buy and drink this stuff daily.. seems in a fast paced world, everyone is looking for more energy. Kind of like the Thai people understand the want and need for energy; as the women say, ' You like lot, boom boom" - seems they understand the nature of energy and the usage of energy 
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4/15/2012 1:12 am |
A Thai tycoon. bless his soul.
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