Chatri Sityodtong is Founder and CEO of ONE Championship, the combat sports promotion he launched in 2011 with Victor Cui, which has grown into one of the top-ten sports-media properties in the world by viewership, broadcasting to 195 countries. Born and raised in Thailand, he overcame his family’s financial ruin to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School after working at Silicon Valley start-ups and managing hedge funds on Wall Street. A lifelong martial artist with more than 40 years of training, he holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo Gracie and is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor, and also founded Evolve MMA, a regional chain of martial arts academies.
