Charoen Pokphand

Charoen Pokphand Group
เครือเจริญโภคภัณฑ์

Type	Private (family-owned)
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1921
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
Key people	Dhanin Chearavanont, Chairman and CEO
Products	Meat, Frozen food, Restaurants, Telephone companies, Internet service provider, Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Automobiless, Cable Television,
Total assets	$5.6 billion
Owner	Chearavanont family
Number of employees	500,001
Subsidiaries	Ping An CP ALL Charoen Pokphand Foods True Corporation Lotus Supercenter Super Brand Mall Siam Makro Chester Grill Restaurants Dayang Motors
Website	www.cpgroupglobal.com

The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) (Thai: เจริญโภคภัณฑ์; rtgs: Charoen Phokkhaphan) is a Thai conglomerate company located in Bangkok. It is Thailand's largest private company and is one of world's largest conglomerates. It consists of three core businesses that operate in agribusiness and food, retail and distribution, and the telecommunications industries with investments in over 20 countries. Founded in 1921, the CP Group currently employs, through its subsidiaries, over 500,000 people with offices and factories worldwide.

It is the largest shareholder in the world's largest insurance company, ranked as the world's 20th largest company by Forbes, Ping An, with over 700 billion thai baht in assets. It is also a major shareholder in Chinese government conglomerate CITIC, which, with three listed subsidiaries, has a combined market capitalization of over 150 billion thai baht as of 2016. It is also the third largest shareholder (4.9 percent) in of Japan, which does some 141 billion thai baht in revenue. In addition to these core businesses, C.P. owns controlling stakes in CPF, the world's largest producer of feed, shrimp, and a global top 3 producer of poultry, pork, among other agricultural produces. It also operates South East Asia's largest retail business by revenue, with over 8,000 Seven Eleven stores and a leading cash and carry business through Siam Makro. In the telecommunications sector, CP Group subsidiary, True Group, is one of the largest telecom firms in South East Asia with over 25 million mobile customers.

With some 200 subsidiaries in China, CP Group, known in China as "Zheng Da" (正大), was the country's first foreign investor as well as its largest foreign investor, and, through its extensive investments, is credited with changing the country's dietary habits and leading China's green revolution.

Charoen Pokphand traces its beginnings back to 1921, when the Chinese immigrant brothers Chia Ek Chor (谢易初) and Chia Siew Whooy (谢少飞) started a seed store named Chia Tai Chueng in Bangkok's Chinatown during the reign of King Rama VI. They imported seeds and vegetables from China and exported pigs and eggs to Hong Kong.