Ekkayuth Anchanbutr

Ekkayuth Anchanbutr (died 2013) was a Thai pyramid scheme operator and political activist. Ekkayuth was the head of the controversial Charter Investment pyramid scheme, which collapsed in 1983. He fled to England in 1984 to avoid charges. Ekkayuth then invested the proceeds of pyramid scheme in a chain of oriental supermarkets and is estimated to have accumulated a personal wealth of billions.