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With IPO on horizon, aCommerce eyes wider regional expansion

Thai e-commerce enabler has been expanding its reach to Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia

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Published Wed, Feb 2, 2022 · 09:50 PM

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    PAUL Srivorakul, the group chief executive officer of aCommerce, is hoping an anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of his company's shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) later this year will help him build one of the largest e-commerce companies in South-east Asia.

    Srivorakul, a 44-year-old Thai national who spent much of his youth in the United States, returned to Thailand in 2000 after graduating from the University of California, Berkley.

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