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FB Roundup: Dietrich Mateschitz, Bernard Arnault, Sir Richard Branson

October 24, 2022

In this week’s FB Roundup, tributes are paid to billionaire Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz; Bernard Arnault sells his private jet to avoid climate activists tracking him; and Sir Richard Branson is invited to take part in a Singapore death penalty debate.

Tributes paid to billionaire Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has led tributes to Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who has passed away aged 78 after a long battle with cancer.

Austria's richest person with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $27.4 billion, the entrepreneur built the energy drink into one of the most recognisable brands in the world with influence across the worlds of sport and culture.

FB Roundup: Associated British Foods, Red Bull, JCB

December 6, 2020

Second UK lockdown cost Weston family’s Primark $579 million in sales, Red Bull energises Yoovidhya family of inventor with $257 million payout, Lord Bamford gives JCB staff an extra holiday to mark 75th anniversary.

Second lockdown costs Weston family’s Primark $579 million in sales

The Weston family-controlled food and retail giant Associated British Foods estimates it lost £430 million ($579 million) in sales while its high street fashion retailer Primark was closed during the latest coronavirus lockdown.

FB Roundup: Red Bull, Sky, and BMW

April 13, 2017

Red bull heir indictment postposed once again; Sky takeover by Murdoch approved by European regulator; and BMW posts record-breaking March sales

Red Bull heir indictment postponed once again

Red Bull heir Vorayuth 'Boss' Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded the energy drink company, has seen his hit-and-run indictment over a 2012 incident with a policeman postponed once again.

For the eighth time in the past year, Vorayuth Yoovidhya missed a scheduled appointment to be formally charged and taken to court by Thai prosecutors. His lawyers said he was “away for business” in England.

Red Bull heir wanted after failure to appear in court

September 3, 2013

Red Bull next-gen Vorayuth Yoovidhya, whose family also co-owns the sole authorised Ferrari importer in Thailand, is wanted by police after he failed to appear in court for a hit-and-run incident involving his sports car, which killed an on-duty policeman.

A defence lawyer for the 28-year-old said he was on a business trip to Singapore and was unable to return to Thailand for Monday's indictment because he fell ill.

Red Bull heir arrested in Thai hit-and-run

September 4, 2012

A grandson of the co-founder of the Red Bull energy drink company has been arrested in Bangkok following a hit-and-run accident that killed a local policeman.

Vorayuth Yoovidhya, 27, an heir to one of Thailand’s wealthiest families, allegedly struck a police officer on motorcycle patrol before dawn on 3 September while driving his Ferrari through a residential neighbourhood in the Thai capital.

His car allegedly dragged the policeman down a Bangkok street for several dozen metres.