The growing number of wealthy Chinese leaving their homeland has been a boon for Thailand’s only exchange-listed school operator and turned its chief executive officer into a multimillionaire.
Demand from Chinese students to attend SISB Pcl, originally called the Singapore International School of Bangkok, has soared, with the number enrolled more-than doubling in March compared with a year earlier.
That helped the school’s stock rise 216% over the past 12 months, making it one of this year’s top gainers among education service stocks globally with a market value of at least $500 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.
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