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Chaleo Yoovidhya creator of Red Bull has passed away
http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/aap/8437017/thai-billionaire-who-created-red-bull-dies
Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s
Chaleo died of natural causes in Bangkok on Saturday, according to local media reports and state television broadcaster, MCOT, which cited the Thai Beverage Industry Association.

Forbes magazine, which ranked Chaleo the 205th richest man in the world this year with a net worth of $US5 billion ($A4.77 billion), said he was 80 years old.

Several Thai media outlets cited his birth date as August 17, 1923, however, indicating he was 88. It was not immediately possible to explain the discrepancy.

Born in central Thailand's Pichit province to a Chinese father and a Thai mother who reportedly sold fruit and ducks to survive, Chaleo died the third richest man in Thailand.

Chaleo started a small company, T.C. Pharmaceuticals, in the 1960s and formulated an energy drink prototype a decade later called Krathing Daeng, or Red Bull in English.

The drink became popular among truck drivers and other blue-collar workers throughout the country, but it remained a local phenomenon until Chaleo met Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz.

Together, the pair modified Chaleo's initial formula and founded the international Red Bull brand. Launched in 1987, Red Bull now sells billions of iconic slim cans across the world annually. Mateschitz and Chaleo each own roughly half of the company.

Thailand's daily Nation newspaper said Chaleo "will be remembered as a business and marketing genius who put the Thai energy drink on the global map."

He was married with five children, according to the Nation.
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Jim Stynes, former Melbourne footballer and president, finally died of cancer last night :(
 
RIP Jim, what a bloody shame, I remember back to when he came to to Australia from Ireland back in the 80's.
 
Never heard of him ... and why would anyone else have ?:confused:

However, I have heard the name "Jim" and the words "he's dead" before:

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regarDS
 
That is actually a good point though DS, if you asked all the Red Bull addicted folk if they knew the name of the inventor I wonder how many would get it right?
 
derspatz said:
Never heard of him ... and why would anyone else have ?:confused:

However, I have heard the name "Jim" and the words "he's dead" before:

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:)


regarDS
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I don't find that at all funny.. Jim Stynes was an amazing person and his death from this horrible disease is not a laughing matter :mad:
 
Often I am not familiar with people named here who have died, if that is the case I just say nothing.

and btw I call absolute bullshit that you haven't heard of Jim Stynes.
 
^ same

Although, perhaps derspatz is not a follower of the AFL, "the Irish experiment" or the Reach Foundation.

Nevertheless, uncalled for post.
 
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