Krating Poonpol

Krating Poonpol is Group Chairman of Kasikorn Business-Technology Group. He is in charge of all information and digital technology groups of KBank, with more than 2,500 people under his direct supervision. In this role, Mr Poonpol serves among the top five executives of KBank. He is also running KXVC – 100 M USD fund targeting global AI, web3 and deeptech startups with synergy with KBank/KBTG. Krating is also a founding partner of 500TukTuks and Orzon Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund that has invested in 100+ early stage startups in Thailand and South-East Asia such as FinAccel, Opn, Carsome, DarwinBox, Finnomena and many more.

Before returning to Thailand, Mr Poonpol worked as product marketing manager (global lead) for Google Earth and quantitative marketing manager (Asia-Pacific lead) of Google at its headquarters in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Poonpol was selected Thailand Businessman of the Year in 2016, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2019, ranked fourth in the ASEAN CIO50 by IDC in 2020, appeared on Thailand’s Future List by Tatler Thailand in 2020, and recently was awarded Chief Information and Technology Leader of the Year by The Asian Banker in 2024. He is also the first Thai selected to participate in the Kauffman Fellowship Program.

Mr Poonpol graduated from the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 2021 and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007.