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The glamorous Thai PR woman given directorship at Leicester City

Foxes' executive director Supornthip Choungrangsee is an elegant PR guru
She gives her 30,000 Instagram followers glimpse into her jet-setting world
Was even snapped alongside Prince Harry and Hollywood star Tom Cruise
Her extravagant jet-set lifestyle can rival that of the 'Rich Kids' of Instagram

By Imogen Calderwood In London and Pailin Chitprasertsuk In Thailand For Mailonline

Published: 06:40 GMT, 4 May 2016 | Updated: 06:57 GMT, 4 May 2016

She is a mysterious brunette frequently spotted with Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, but this glamorous jewellery designer and PR guru leads a jet-set lifestyle to rival that of the 'Rich Kids' of Instagram.

Elegant Thai businesswoman Supornthip Choungrangsee - who leads the board of directors at the football club - has been snapped on her world travels with the likes of Tom Cruise and Prince Harry.

And the Foxes' executive director - known as Tippy to her friends - gives her 30,000 Instagram followers regular glimpses into her charmed life.

Enigma: Thai businesswoman Supornthip Choungrangsee is the mysterious brunette regularly spotted in the stands at Leicester City matches in the company of the club's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Links: Ms Supornthip and chairman Mr Srivaddhanaprabha (pictured together), joined the club at the same time in December 2010 - following the takeover by Asia Football Investments

Luxury: The PR guru toasts Leicester City's historic win last night with a glass of bubbly with manager Claudio Ranieri. The pair are pictured on board a £43million Gulfstream 650 belonging to Mr Srivaddhanaprabha

It is a life replete with helicopters, private jets and yachts, flitting from New York to Paris to Bangkok on an almost weekly basis as she masterminds her international business empire.

Supornthip joined the club at the same time as the chairman - the fourth richest man in Thailand with a fortune of £1.9billion - following the 2010 takeover by Asia Football Investments.

Heralded as one of the most influential publicists in Thailand for the past 20 years, she is well-versed in maintaining a flawless public image.

But she has nevertheless been romantically linked to a few high-profile names.

Celebrity: Jet-setting PR guru Ms Choungrangsee, from Thailand, is an executive director of Leicester City. She is pictured here with Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise

Delight: As well as Hollywood royalty, she has been photographed with the real thing thanks to her high-profile lifestyle. She is pictured here with Prince Harry following a polo game

Football: Ms Choungrangsee (right), pictured with club boss Claudio Ranieri (second from right), chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (second from left) and his son Aiyawatt 'Top' Srivaddhanaprabha (left)

Extravagant: The jet set businesswoman, 52, is a frequent traveller, making regular visits to Bangkok, London, New York and Paris among other cities

Support: She regularly posts messages of encouragement for her team, including this image of a stuffed fox. The caption she wrote on the image was 'Leicester vs Hull, 3pm UK, 10pm Thailand time'

Taste: The club boss is regularly featured on the front covers of lifestyle and fashion magazines in Thailand

One, Charles Pinthanon, is the CEO of Oakley Thailand, while another, Eric Levine, is the owner of California Wow Fitness.

She was also linked to American jewellery designer Matthew Campbell Laurenza, with whom she co-founded the jewellery line Tippy & Matthew.

After just four years as the lead designer for the brand, however, it was rechristened Tippy Tippy and Matthew disappeared from the picture.

As well as being CEO of PR agency Branded, the multi-talented 52-year-old has also founded several international jewellery lines, starred in a Thai horror film and even illustrated a how-to guide extolling her Buddhist principles.

Photographs on her social media pages reveal her passion for yoga, helping her maintain a figure that appears far younger than her 52 years.

Unsurprisingly, her looks and style have also made her a regular feature on the front covers of Thai lifestyle and fashion magazines and she was even awarded Thailand Tatler’s Most Stylish Lady award.

But she has not always led such a charmed life.

A self-confessed ‘country girl’, Supornthip and her four brothers and sisters grew up in the rural province of Chachoengsao in south-central Thailand.

Unwind: As well as travelling for work, as part of her role heading up an international business empire, Supornthip likes to fit in some leisurely travel as well

Beauty: As well as having a respected reputation as a public relations mastermind, Ms Supornthip is well known for her sense of fashion and interior decoration. She is pictured here at the Bristol Hotel in Paris

Flawless: Supornthip relaxes in the small fishing village of Portofino, on the Italian Riviera. But she and her four siblings used to spend their days playing in the forecourts of her father's petrol stations in rural Thailand

Sunned: Supornthip has previously been named Most Stylish Lady by Thailand's Tatler magazine. She is pictured here looking glamorous at the Club Les Palmiers in St Tropez

Holidays: Thanks to her business empire and her passion for travel, Ms Supornthip spends a great deal of her time on the road. She is picture here in Sardinia (left) and Venice (right)

Sky-high: Due to Ms Supornthip's enigmatic private life, she has been romantically linked to a number of high-profile men. She is pictured here on one of her stop-offs in London

Peace: The talented multi-tasker (pictured in India) has not only founded her PR agency and jewellery lines, she has also starred in a Thai horror film and illustrated a book on her Buddhist principles

The siblings spent their days running around the forecourts of her father’s petrol stations – an adventure playground that taught her to pump petrol before she was 10.

Her father, who died suddenly in 2002, was in the petrochemical business and owned a chain of petrol stations in the Chachoengsao-Eastern Seaboard area.

‘Pa may not have had a sophisticated family background or a top education, but I will always be proud of him and of being his daughter,’ she has said.

Despite having had a difficult start in life himself, her father wanted to set his five children up well for the future, buying them each a home in Bangkok in an upmarket housing estate in Sukhumvit.

It was after studying Communications at the Thai capital’s university that Supornthip returned to her home town to kick-start her career in events organising.

She started with the familiar - organising the openings of petrol stations, car showrooms and the like before expanding to cover larger businesses as the Eastern Seaboard developed.

‘Factories were opening every week during the boom time,’ she told the Bangkok Post. ‘Steel manufacturers, assembly plants, cement companies, you name it.’

Adventure: A self-confessed 'country girl', she and her four siblings grew up in an agricultural province of Thailand. She is pictured here on a boat on the Mediterranean

Elegant: The businesswoman keeps her 30,000 Instagram followers well up-to-date with her travels

Flexible: Although she is kept busy running her business empire, Supornthip still manages to find time to practice yoga and exercise

Stretch: The 52-year-old regularly shares inspirational messages with her social media followers, as well as giving tips for a healthy life

In 1989, her company 124 Communications was born, and before long it counted multinationals like BMW, Proctor and Gamble and Shiseido among its exclusive clientele.

After nearly two successful decades as head of 124 Communications, she sold off her 52 per cent share, took a year off and came bursting back onto the scene with Branded in 2004.

In the years since, Supornthip has become something of a matriarchal figure at the centre of her ever-growing family.

Although she has no children herself, family photographs show the businesswoman smilingly surrounded by her brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.

And she isn't afraid to show her support for her team, with a trademark stuffed fox that puts in an Instagram appearance for match days.

Covergirl: Her good looks and fashion sense have seen the respected businesswoman grace the covers of numerous lifestyle and women's magazines in Thailand

Home from home: Her Instagram page gives her 30,000 followers an insight into her inspirational lifestyle. The PR guru is pictured here demonstrating her enviable sense of style

Multi-talented: As well as being the CEO of successful PR agency Branded, Ms Supornthip has also founded several jewellery lines and even once starred in a Thai horror film

Chic: Ms Supornthip kick-started her career in public relations and events organising after studying Communications at the University of Bangkok. She is pictured here in London

Family: Ms Supornthip (pictured here in Bangkok) continued along the same theme as her father's business, by starting off organising functions and parties for factories and car showrooms

Home: Although not having children of her own, she appears to play a matriarchal role in her ever-growing family and helps to care for the children of her siblings
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