Back in Thailand after a four-year hiatus to oversee his daughter's education in the UK,
Mark Greenwood talks about making money, losing money, and his next business challenge
Mark Greenwood talks about making money, losing money, and his next business challenge
Name: Mark Mitchell Greenwood.
Nicknames: Junior School – Granny, Big School – Flower, Thailand – Mad Dog, not quite sure what this progression tells me.
Age: 60. Born: Cheshire, England. Education: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Manchester University.
How long in Thailand/Asia: 38 Years. Special talents: Ability to communicate and make people FEEL COMFORTABLE from whatever background. Anything else: Don’t suffer fools gladly.
Greatest regret: Not getting to work and live in Bangkok before 1987.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be: To have been born dirt poor so that I could better understand the nature of human suffering.
Best Friends: My inestimably wonderful daughters, Carmel and Noelle, and my sister Amanda. Favourite restaurant: Ging Pakarang, Koh Samui.The most interesting person you ever met: Nelson Boone, ex accountant, Master of Life.
Favourite memory: Getting on a plane at Heathrow in 1978 bound for Dubai to begin expat life with HSBC.
Most lucrative period of your life: Early stockbroking years in Bangkok, 1987-96. Hopefully another one starting now that I am back full time and shaking up the Samui property market.
Other than the traffic, what would you like to see different in Bangkok: A revision of the import duties that make wine and imported foodstuffs ludicrously expensive.
Where else would you like to live: Istanbul.
Best holiday: Denver, Colorado in 1976 with my aunt, uncle and cousins. Jaw dropping scenery in the Rockies!
Milestone: Checking into the Dusit Thani on September 1st 1987 to begin my life and career in Thailand.
High point: Getting out of a Jakarta jail after a year of ‘house arrest’ having been investigated for tax evasion and getting on a plane, free as a bird, to Bangkok.
Low point: Watching a hard earned portfolio of stocks drop by 90% in 1997/8.
Who would you like to play in a movie: Inspector Clouseau. Favourite media: The Economist – and The BigChilli of course!
Nicknames: Junior School – Granny, Big School – Flower, Thailand – Mad Dog, not quite sure what this progression tells me.
Age: 60. Born: Cheshire, England. Education: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Manchester University.
How long in Thailand/Asia: 38 Years. Special talents: Ability to communicate and make people FEEL COMFORTABLE from whatever background. Anything else: Don’t suffer fools gladly.
Greatest regret: Not getting to work and live in Bangkok before 1987.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be: To have been born dirt poor so that I could better understand the nature of human suffering.
Best Friends: My inestimably wonderful daughters, Carmel and Noelle, and my sister Amanda. Favourite restaurant: Ging Pakarang, Koh Samui.The most interesting person you ever met: Nelson Boone, ex accountant, Master of Life.
Favourite memory: Getting on a plane at Heathrow in 1978 bound for Dubai to begin expat life with HSBC.
Most lucrative period of your life: Early stockbroking years in Bangkok, 1987-96. Hopefully another one starting now that I am back full time and shaking up the Samui property market.
Other than the traffic, what would you like to see different in Bangkok: A revision of the import duties that make wine and imported foodstuffs ludicrously expensive.
Where else would you like to live: Istanbul.
Best holiday: Denver, Colorado in 1976 with my aunt, uncle and cousins. Jaw dropping scenery in the Rockies!
Milestone: Checking into the Dusit Thani on September 1st 1987 to begin my life and career in Thailand.
High point: Getting out of a Jakarta jail after a year of ‘house arrest’ having been investigated for tax evasion and getting on a plane, free as a bird, to Bangkok.
Low point: Watching a hard earned portfolio of stocks drop by 90% in 1997/8.
Who would you like to play in a movie: Inspector Clouseau. Favourite media: The Economist – and The BigChilli of course!
