Chatri Sityodtong

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Chatri Sityodtong
ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง
Born Chatri Trisiripisal
1971
Native name ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง
Nationality Thai
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Style Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Rank Kru in Muay Thai
Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Chatri Trisiripisal (Thai: ชาตรี ตรีศิริพิศาล), known by his ring names as Chatri Sityodtong (Thai: ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (Thai: ยอดชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง), is an entrepreneur and a martial artist from Thailand.

Family and education

Raised in Thailand, Sityodtong is of half-Thai, half-Japanese ethnicity.[1] His family went through bankruptcy and his father eventually abandoned the family.[citation needed] At one point his family was homeless and Sityodtong "lived on one meal per day."[2][3] He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School at Harvard University in 1999.

Early business career

Chatri Sityodtong spent three years as an investment analyst at Fidelity Investments covering a variety of industries.[4] He later joined Bain and Company as a management consultant and then NextDoor Networks as co-founder and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy.[5] Nextdoor Networks was a San Francisco based startup provider of e-commerce infrastructure.[6]

Chatri Sityodtong later became a Managing Director of JLF Asset Management, a US$1 billion hedge fund. Sityodtong also worked for a few years as a Managing Director at Maverick Capital, a US$12 billion hedge fund founded by Lee Ainslie III and billionaire Sam Wyly. Backed by Farallon Capital as his largest investor, Sityodtong later launched Izara Capital Management, a US$500 million New York hedge fund.[7] After a decade on Wall Street, he moved to Singapore in 2007, eventually retired as a hedge fund manager, and pursued other entrepreneurial ventures.[8]

Current business career

A self-made multimillionaire entrepreneur, Sityodtong owns stakes in real estate, sports, retail, technology, and media.[3] Sityodtong's businesses have been featured on CNN, ESPN, Star Sports, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Tokyo Times, Channel NewsAsia, Straits Times, Reuters, Yahoo! Sports, MSN, Sherdog, MMAWeekly, MiddleEasy, Men's Health, Shape, China Post, Times of India, Jakarta Globe, Business Times, Gracie Magazine, The Fight Nation, MMA Japan, and other media publications around the world. [9]

He is the Founder and Chairman of Evolve University, Asia's largest online university for martial arts.

He is the Founder and Chairman of Evolve MMA, a chain of martial arts academies in Asia.

Chatri Sityodtong is also the Chairman of Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust, a Singapore-listed real estate investment trust company with S$1.5 billion in net assets. Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust is a holding company for Indiabulls Properties and Indiabulls Real Estate.[10][11]

Chatri Sityodtong is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and guest lecturer at INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools.[12] Sityodtong is an advisor and mentor to the National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre. He is also an advisor to the Singapore Management University Entrepreneurship Centre and is a regular guest speaker at SMU.

Motivational speaking

Sityodtong has also given motivational speeches at Fortune 500 companies such as Citigroup, Bloomberg, Fidelity Investments, etc. He has also been a featured speaker on TED.[13]

Charity

Sityodtong serves on the Board of Directors of Project Sunshine, one of the largest volunteer organizations in the world for terminally-ill children with cancer, HIV, and other illnesses. Through one of his companies, Evolve MMA, he is also active with Boys Town Home, Singapore's home for orphans and troubled children. Additionally, Sityodtong supports underprivileged children with Singapore Children's Society.

Martial arts

Chatri started Muay Thai as a child under Kru Yodtong Senanan of Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand. Kru Yodtong eventually gave Chatri the ring name, Yodchatri Sityodtong.[citation needed] A veteran of over 30 fights, Sityodtong's last professional Muay Thai fight was in 2008 in Thailand. He is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor under Kru Yodtong Senanan of the Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand.[14][15] Before his death, Kru Yodtong appointed Chatri Sityodtong as one of 4 conservators of Sityodtong Muay Thai in the world. Sityodtong started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in approximately 2006, and has a Blue Belt under Master Renzo Gracie.[16]

Evolve MMA and Evolve University

Sityodtong founded Evolve MMA, a chain of martial arts academies, in 2008 in Singapore.[17] He launched Evolve University, Asia's largest online university for martial arts in 2013. Sityodtong is the Founder and Chairman for both Evolve University and Evolve MMA.

Evolve MMA has been described by CNN as Asia's number one-ranked MMA-training organization.[18] In January 2013, MMA Mania named Evolve MMA as the #1 MMA camp in Asia.[19] In March 2012, Chatri Sityodtong was named the 3rd Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA by The Fight Nation website.[20] In December 2011, Evolve MMA was voted the Best International MMA Gym in the world by the readers of leading MMA website, MiddleEasy.[21]

In December 2011, Chatri was named by MSN as one of the top coaches in the sports world alongside Greg Jackson, Pep Guardiola, Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, etc.[22] He has trained, coached, or cornered top professional fighters such as DREAM FC Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki, former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, UFC Lightweight Contender Rafael dos Anjos, BJJ World Champion Zorobabel Moreira, BJJ World Champion Leandro Issa Da Silva, Muay Thai World Champion Yoddecha Sityodtong, former WBA Boxing World Champion Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai at events such as the UFC, ONE Fighting Championship, DREAM Fighting Championship, the Art of War Fighting Championship, and the Lumpinee Stadium Championship.[23]

Awards and recognition

  • 2013 3rd Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA (The Fight Nation)[24]
  • 2013 5th Most Powerful Person in MMA in Asia (Combat Asia)[25]
  • 2012 2nd Most Influential Person in Asian MMA (MMA Japan)[26]
  • 2012 3rd Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA (The Fight Nation)[27]
  • 2011 MMA Coach of the Year (MSN Sports)[28]

References

  1. ↑ Positioning Magazine, , 25 May 2012
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.mmamania.com/2012/18/2881840/interview-with-chatri-sityodtong-former-hedge-fund-manager-and-the
  4. ↑ WVB, ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR WHO IS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER, 5 December 2008
  5. ↑ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=597270&privcapId=25849780&previousCapId=45530763&previousTitle=INDIABULLS%20PROPERTIES%20INVEST
  6. ↑ Tornado Insider, , NextDoor Networks profile
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
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  10. ↑ FT.com profile of Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust
  11. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/what-do-egyptian-tomb-raiders-martial-arts-loving-entrepreneurs-have-common-189512
  12. ↑
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BK0D820091223
  15. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_469110.html
  16. ↑ MMA Mania, , Evolve MMA CEO Chatri Sityodtong Talks the ONE Asia MMA Summit and Rich Franklin's UFC 147 Fight, 3 January 2012
  17. ↑ Evolve MMA, , Founder's Message
  18. ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=9388069
  19. ↑
  20. ↑
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ http://sports.xin.msn.com/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=5657241#image=7
  23. ↑ http://evolve-mma.com/index.php/instructors/muay-thai#ins191
  24. ↑ http://www.thefightnation.com/these-are-your-power-players-in-the-world-of-asian-mma/
  25. ↑ http://combat-asia.com/index.php/the-ten-most-powerful-people-in-asian-mma/
  26. ↑ http://www.asianmma.com/?p=3422/
  27. ↑ http://www.thefightnation.com/the-fight-nation-profiles-the-7-most-powerful-people-in-asian-mma/
  28. ↑ http://sports.xin.msn.com/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=5657241&page=7

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