BANGKOK: A 39-year-old motor parts billionaire and extreme sports enthusiast seeking to shake up Thai politics has been compared to France’s Emmanuel Macron and Canada’s Justin Trudeau for his youth.
But Thanathorn Juangroong-ruangkit (pic) sees little prospect of emulating their electoral success even if the junta holds elections as promised next year.
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