Chatri Sityodtong

Raised in Thailand, Sityodtong is of half Japanese (mother side), half Thai (father side) ethnicity. His family lost its home and life savings due to bankruptcy. His father eventually abandoned the family and Sityodtong survived on one meal per day.[7] He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School at Harvard University in 1999.[8]

In 2019, Sityodtong was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame.[9] Chatri started Muay Thai as a child under Kru Yodtong Senanan of Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand. Kru Yodtong eventually gave Chatri the ring name, Yodchatri Sityodtong. A veteran of over 30 fights, Sityodtong's last professional Muay Thai fight was in 2008 in Thailand. He is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor under Kru Yodtong Senanan of the Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand.[10][11] Before his death, Kru Yodtong appointed Chatri Sityodtong as one of 4 conservators of Sityodtong Muay Thai in the world. Sityodtong started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in approximately 2006, and has a Purple Belt under Renzo Gracie.[12]

Chatri Sityodtong started as an investment analyst at Fidelity Investments covering a variety of industries. He later launched Nextdoor Networks with Yau Soon Loo, a classmate at Harvard. Nextdoor Networks was a San Francisco based startup provider of e-commerce infrastructure.[13] Sityodtong was a Managing Director at Maverick Capital, a US$12 billion hedge fund. Backed by Farallon Capital, Sityodtong later launched Izara Capital Management, a US$500 million New York hedge fund.[14] After a decade on Wall Street, he retired.[15]

Sityodtong is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of ONE Championship.[16]According to Forbes,[17] ONE Championship is Asia's largest global sports media property,[18][19][20] Backed by Sequoia Capital and Temasek Holdings, ONE Championship has over US$346 million in total capital as of June 2020.[21] He is the Founder and Chairman of Evolve University, an online university for martial arts. He is the Founder and Chairman of Evolve MMA, a chain of martial arts academies in Asia. In addition, Sityodtong is involved in several other companies in Asia.[22]

Chatri Sityodtong is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and guest lecturer at INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools.[22]

Sityodtong supports Global Poverty Project through his companies. He is an active donor to Boys' Town Home, a charity that serves abandoned children and youth in need. Sityodtong also supports underprivileged children with Singapore Children's Society and children with cancer with Children's Cancer Foundation.[23]

• Asia's 2nd Most Powerful Person in Sports (FOX Sports)[24]
• Black Belt Hall of Fame (Black Belt Magazine)[25]
• Asia's Most Powerful Person in Martial Arts (Huffington Post)[26]
• Most Influential Executive in Asian MMA (Forbes)[27]
• Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA (Yahoo! Sports)[28]
• Movers and Shakers of Asian MMA (MMA Mania)[29]

• Kazuyoshi Ishii
• Sadaharu Tanikawa
• Simon Rutz
• Eduard Irimia
• Pierre Andurand

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chatri Sityodtong.

• ONE Championship website
• Evolve MMA website