BANGKOK -- Asian IT visionaries have built billion-dollar empires with staggering numbers of users. But one thing they have not done is create a killer app that is truly used worldwide. Even giants like China's Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings mainly cater to local or overseas Chinese consumers and companies.
Korawad Chearavanont -- a grandson of Thailand's richest tycoon, Charoen Pokphand Group Senior Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont -- wants to be the one to change that.