Dejphon Chansiri

Dejphon Chansiri (Thai: เดชพล จันศิริ) is a Thai businessman who currently owns EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.

Dejphon Chansiri
Born
Bangkok[1]
NationalityThai
OccupationBusinessman

Chansiri's family controls the Thai Union Group, the world's largest producer of canned tuna.[2][3] The Chansiri family is estimated by Forbes to be worth $720m as of 5/7/19.[4] In January 2015, a consortium led by Chansiri acquired a 100% stake in Sheffield Wednesday from Milan Mandarić for £37.5m and targeted promotion to the Premier League by 2017.[5]

During the summer of 2015, Chansiri changed many aspects of the Sheffield Wednesday set-up including the backroom staff and players, such as sacking manager Stuart Gray and replacing him with Carlos Carvalhal, the latter of which had previously managed Turkish side Beşiktaş and several clubs in his home country of Portugal.[6]

In September 2023, Chansiri announced that he would invest no further money in the club after protests which included damage being caused, insults aimed at Chansiri and people approaching his family. These had followed poor performances by the club which had left them bottom of the Championship.[7]

References
  1. Frostick, Nancy; Slater, Matt; Taylor, Daniel (22 November 2019). "The story of Dejphon Chansiri". The Athletic. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. "Sheffield Wednesday: Thai group buys Championship club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. "Sky Bet Championship: Thai consortium complete Sheffield Wednesday takeover". Skysports.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. "Kraisorn Chansiri & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  5. Sheffield Wednesday BBC sport: Dejphon Chansiri targets Premier League, March 2, 2015
  6. "Carvalhal named Owls head coach". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  7. "Sheff Wed owner Chansiri to stop funding club". BBC Sport. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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