He won the same award twice in the succeeding two years, also based on his forecasts for Indonesia's economy. He was fascinated by how the financial sector can change people's lives, and those thoughts inspired him to jump into the financial world. "By chance, I was assigned to do many projects related to the financial sector such as Asia Bonds, the Chiang Mai Initiative and the liberalisation of the Thai financial sector," he says. He said, 'Let me know whenever you come to the US', and that's what I did," Mr Santitarn recalls. "Humans have already gone through many industrial revolutions, and now many people are worried that robots will take over lots of jobs," Mr Santitarn says.

Source: Bangkok Post September 09, 2017 00:33 UTC