The Boy From Suphanburi by Arunee Srifuengfung - 1991

Kiate Srifuengfung, the boy from Suphanburi, is surpassed by no other entrepreneur in his time (1900s) for his brilliance as a businessman and the importance of his half a hundred companies, all major contributor to national prosperity and whose influence extended to Japan, China and United States.
His varied experience includes such drama as service in air combat under General Clarie Chennault, an early manifestation of the gift of leadership that marked his later business triumphs.