Vichai in a sentence

The 60-year-old Vichai Srivaddhnaprabha was born Vichai Raksriaksorn in Bangkok on April 4 1958, and went on to become Thailand’s fifth-richest man.

Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, employees Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare were also killed in the accident, which happened shortly after the helicopter took off from the pitch.

Srivaddhanaprabha’s father Vichai and his family bought the club in 2010 and took Leicester into the Premier League four years later.

Two Millwall supporters were detained and removed from the club's tie after appearing to mock the death of former Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

The garden, opened on the crash's first anniversary, is named after the club's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who was among those who died.

Tribute: Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in a helicopter crash in October 2018.

Vichai didn’t just embrace Leicester as a football club, but he embraced the community.

A helicopter belonging to Leicester City's owner - Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - crashed in flames in a car park next to the soccer club's stadium shortly after it took off from the field following a Premier League game on Saturday night.

By that time, Vichai had also brought himself closer to the royal family: King Power’s name was in honor of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

FA president Prince William said in a statement: "My thoughts today are with the family and friends of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and all the victims of the terrible crash at Leicester City Football Club.

He was “lucky” enough to have met Mr. Vichai, he said, briefly shaking his hand and thanking him at a club event in 2014.

It’s not the first time Vichai’s largesse has been extended to home fans to celebrate his birthday in 2016 he offered supporters a beer and a doughnut.

Jamie Vardy and club captain Wes Morgan are among the players who attended a prayer ceremony at a Bangkok temple for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's funeral.

Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was killed along with four others when his helicopter crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, the soccer club and police said.

Monday was about paying tribute to Vichai, the polo-playing Thai billionaire who had taken Leicester from the Championship and into the land of fairytale.

On the hour mark, Leicester fans delivered another tribute to their late owner when they sang ‘There’s Only One Vichai’, waving their scarves aloft.

Prince William was among those paying tribute to the club boss - saying he was "lucky" to know Vichai.

The five occupants: Vichai and his guests Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, along with the pilot Eric Swaffer and another passenger, Izabela Roza Lechowicz, died at the scene.

The Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others died in the crash outside the Stadium on Saturday few hours after Foxes 1-1 draw against West Ham.

There was no confirmation whether London-based Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who frequently flies to and from Leicester’s home games by helicopter, was on board the aircraft which appeared to develop mechanical problems.