The Brooker Group

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The Brooker Group
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Brooker Group Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based listed company. The Company is primarily engaged in business and financial consulting services, investments and lending money. Its segments include Business Consulting, Investments and Digital Assets. [1]

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The Brooker Group is the #1 largest holder of digital assets among public companies in Southeast Asia, the #2 largest holder in Asia, and the #15 largest holder across the globe. [2]

History

The Brooker Group was founded in 1994 by Chan Bulakul of the Bulakul family in Thailand. In the late 1990s, it focused on restructuring and distressed assets advisory and investments across Southeast Asia as a result of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, advising family owned businesses across Southeast Asia on how to navigate through the crisis. [3] As a result, the majority of its clients today are HNWIs (High Net-Worth Individuals) who invest in alternative assets globally. [4]

The Company later became the first Southeast Asian entity to be listed on the MAI (Market for Alternative Investments) exchange in 2001 and developed a reputation as an expert in alternative assets. [5]

In 2016, The Brooker Group was named on Forbes' "Asia's Best Under a Billion" list. [6]

The Brooker Group's founder started the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) Chapter for Thailand. [7]

Digital Assets

In 2020, The Brooker Group established its digital assets division and became the first publicly listed company in Southeast Asia approved by regulating authorities to invest in non-listed digital assets. [8] [9] [10]

In 2022, The Brooker Group invested US$10 million into Binance Labs Investment Fund, the investment arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, becoming one of three members of the limited partner's advisory boards for family offices. [11] [12] [13]

The Brooker Group launched BrookNFT on Binance's NFT marketplace in March 2022 and became the creator with the largest trading by value for the month of March. [14]

The Brooker Group is the #1 largest holder of digital assets among public companies in Southeast Asia, the #2 largest holder in Asia, and the #15 largest holder across the globe. [2]

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  2. 1 2 "Bitcoin Treasuries | 59 Biggest Companies Holding (Public/Priv)". buybitcoinworldwide.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Brooker Group | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Shareholder Information". The Brooker Group PLC. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ↑ "The Brooker Group - CypherHunter". www.cypherhunter.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Brooker Group | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  7. ↑ "Leadership Insight: 5 Questions with Chan Bulakul". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Thai Asset Management Firm Bets Big on DeFi and dApps". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  9. ↑ Chudasri, Darana (13 May 2021). "BROOK cryptocurrency filing a first". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  10. ↑ Angchin, Kraisorn. "Thailand's Brooker Group to invest US$48M into Binance, Uniswap, other DeFi projects – Trending News Asia" . Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  11. ↑ MarketScreener (2 June 2022). "Brooker Public : Investment in Binance Labs Investment Fund of Binance Labs | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  12. ↑ "Brooker Group investment into Binance Labs".
  13. ↑ "2022- BROOK announces investment in Binance Labs Investment Fund worth 340 million baht to create use cases and drive Web3 - Magazine, Healty And Sport News". 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  14. ↑ "@BrookNFT's Profile | Binance NFT". www.binance.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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