Red Bull Heir Moves $1.1 Billion Stake to Geneva Trust Firm
Chalerm Yoovidhya, a son of the Thai businessman, got the remaining 2% and has kept it for around four decades as Red Bull became a roaring success and turned him, his father and at least nine other family members into billionaires.
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