page_title: Central Group
section_title: CPN Malls
hierarchical_section_title: Central Group / Malls / CPN Malls
caption_attribution_description: English: Frontview of Central Village shopping mall ไทย: ภาพด้านหน้าศูนย์การค้าเซ็นทรัล วิลเลจ
context_page_description: The Central Group of Companies or Central Holding is a family-owned conglomerate holding company in Thailand that is involved in merchandising, real estate, retailing, hospitality and restaurants. Among its subsidiaries are Central Pattana and the Central Retail Corporation. Its current CEO is Tos Chirathivat, grandson of the company founder. Its chief rival is The Mall Group, which owns Siam Paragon and The Emporium and several suburban shopping centres.
  Founder Tiang emigrated from Hainan Island to Bangkok in 1925. Most other Chinese immigrants started businesses in Chinatown, Bangkok. He set up his first shop in the Thonburi District on the outskirts of Bangkok across the Chao Phraya River from the city center. He moved across the Chao Phraya River to a location near the grand Oriental Hotel, where he opened a store with his eldest son, Samrit, in 1947. In 1956, the family opened Thailand's first department store in Chinatown. In 1957, Tiang's son, Samrit Chirathivat, opened the first Central Department Store in Wangburapha, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok.
context_section_description: * Central i-City, despite managed by CPN, is the only mall that didn't feature Central Department Store or any Central Group retail stores.
caption: Central Village Luxury Outlet, Samut Prakan
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