Charoen Pokphand Group

Thai conglomerate headquartered in Bangkok, founded in 1921 as a seed shop and the country's largest private company. Its core agro industrial and food business Charoen Pokphand Foods produces animal feed, livestock and processed food and makes and uses veterinary medicines, vaccines and feed additives through its animal health operations, and the group also runs retail through CP All and the 7-Eleven franchise in Thailand, which includes pharmacy and health product retailing, together with telecommunications, property and pharmaceutical distribution ventures in China and elsewhere.