Asia's Financial Outlook The Next 10 Years.
From street smart to street food.
The 1997 financial meltdown brought property and investment high-flyer Sirivat Voravetvuthikun down to earth.
From : Bangkok Post Economic Review Mid - Year 2007
'We haven't learned anything at all'
Sirivat Voravetvuthikun is probably the highest-profile sandwich hawker in Thai history. A graduate in finance from the University of Texas in Austin, he got into the world of finance as a manager at Asia Securities before quiting to become a stock and property high-flyer who managed several billion baht worth of property projects.
When his huge condominium project went bust, he turned to selling sandwiches, saying he didn't mind starting all over again from scratch. The transformation was so striking that he became a combination poster boy and folk hero of the crisis years.
Today, he owns three coffee shops called Coffee Corner by Sirivat Sandwich and offers a variety of product lines under the same brand. And yes, he plans to list his company on the Market for Alternative Investment in the next two years.
Thailand's Mr Sandwich happier 10 years on
Thais have not learnt the lesson of 1997. They are over-borrowing again, warns the property tycoon turned hawker.
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SANDWICH hawker Sirivat Voravetvuthikun quickly became the most recognizable face of Thailands woes following the 1997 financial crisis.
Beware, Thailands Mr Sandwich tells speculators.
Bangkok : Ten years after problems in Thailand triggered the Asian financial crisis, its most famous victim, stock guru-turned-sandwich seller Sirivat Voravetvuthikun, offers a warning to people seeking a quick fortune in the market.
Former tycoon's sandwich empire expands
Sirivat Sandwich and Payap University will open Sirivat Voravetvuthikun's third Coffee Corner at the school's Chiang Mai campus in August.
'Sandwich man' on a roll 10 years after economic meltdown. SIRIVAT VORAVETVUTHIKUN
The 1997 financial meltdown brought property and investment high-flyer Sirivat Voravetvuthikun down to earth - and quickly. The way he tells it, it was more like disappearing into a deep, black hole.
Fallen Thai tycoon knows how to earn a crust
Mr Sandwich is back in business 10 years after the Asian financial crisis destroyed the stock guru's fortune.
Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
Sandwich-making proof that there is life after the Thai crash, Sirivat Voravetvuthikun has found plenty of interest in his survival skills.
Sandwich-seller plans expansion
By late 1997, the story of Sirivat Voravetvuthikun, a former stocks and property high-flyer who turned to selling sandwiches for a living, stunned Thailand's wealthy.
Asia's Financial Outlook The Next 10 Years.
