With an undaunting entrepreneurial spirit and a passion-filled pursuit to champion other startups, Natavudh “Moo Pungcharoenpong has spent the past 18 years founding and funding upcoming businesses and mentoring like-minded entrepreneurs. A graduate of Kasetsart and AIT, Natavudh ran a software house before moving on to establish companies like the blockchain-centred SIX Network and the start-up company 500 TukTuks which seeks to empower other start-ups locally and in Southeast Asia. But Natavudh is also keen on educating the next generation of businesspeople and founders. His company, Ookbee, is one of the biggest online bookstores in Asia and makes a vast amount of Thai-language books accessible to the public. Even in his daily life, he does his best to set aside time to mentor university students who are seeking to go into business.