Finance executive Yai Sukonthabhund was encouraged as a child to pursue studies in engineering or medicine, but a stroke of fortune turned his game plan around.
Mr Sukonthabhund, partner and chief executive of Crossbridge Capital Asia, recalled that as his father worked for the United Nations, he moved around a lot growing up. It offered him the opportunity to meet people from many cultures and walks of life.
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