Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth

Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth is a Thai billionaire businessman, the founder and owner of Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand’s largest private health care group, and the owner of a regional airline, Bangkok Airways.

• Former surgeon Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth cofounded Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Thailand’s largest private hospital operator, in 1972.
• Bangkok Dusit has a $370 million luxury healthcare complex in Bangkok that includes a 290-room Movenpick hotel.
• Prasert also also owns and runs regional airline, Bangkok Airways, which he took public in 2014.
• He and daughter Poramaporn resigned after the SEC imposed sanctions against them in January 2019 for allegedly manipulating shares of Bangkok Airways.
• In a company statement, Prasert said they would prove their innocence through the justice system but subsequently paid a fine.