Petch Osathanugrah

Petch Osathanugrah (Thai: เพชร โอสถานุเคราะห์; 21 August 1954 – 14 August 2023) was a Thai businessman and singer-songwriter.

Life and career Born in Bangkok, Osathanugrah graduated in marketing from Southern Illinois University, and then worked in the advertising sector of his family-owned beverage company Osotspa, of which he later become CEO.

Osathanugrah also served as president of Bangkok University, where he opened the courses to new disciplines and innovative subject areas like digital marketing, financial and investment planning, video games and interactive media production, event management. Suffering from iron overload and diabetes, he died in his sleep on 14 August 2023, at the age of 68. At the time of his death, he was among the 30 richest people in Thailand.