Bee Taechaubol reveals he won't settle for anything less than Milan's 'endless potential', whilst discussing his personal past.

The Thai investor was adamant yesterday that he'd have his hands in the Rossoneri business within three to four weeks, picking up the club from the Berlusconi family.

During the process of talks with Milan, scrutiny has fallen on a particular phrase attributed to the man known as ‘Mr Bee’: “While I don't have billions of baht in cash lying around, I know where to get it.”

Bee Taechaubol reveals he won't settle for anything less than Milan's 'endless potential', whilst discussing his personal past.

The Thai investor was adamant yesterday that he'd have his hands in the Rossoneri business within three to four weeks, picking up the club from the Berlusconi family.

During the process of talks with Milan, scrutiny has fallen on a particular phrase attributed to the man known as ‘Mr Bee’: “While I don't have billions of baht in cash lying around, I know where to get it.”

Talking today to Goal.com, Taechaubol has offered clarity on that remark.

“That was my way of saying that I have contacts who are willing to back me and go into partnership with me. I have had lots of people offer their support and show interest in being a part of ventures in lots of areas,” he has explained.

“Over time I have come to know a lot of people in a lot of industries, so if I want to invest in something it is not difficult for me to find interested parties to join me.

“It was Baroness Rothschild who suggested to me that an investment in Milan might be available.

“Her family is not really interested in football and, like me, they will not get involved in something they are not passionate about.

“I started watching Italian football in the early 1990s, when Milan were huge. Serie A was the league to watch for me because there are lots of Italians in Australia, so I was encouraged to watch it by the kids around me.

“It has always stuck with me, and I've never really gone for any other league. That's why in investment terms it was Milan or nothing for me.

“I wouldn't have made a move on any other club, and have turned down the chance to get involved elsewhere. But I have to be passionately involved, and also I believe in only shooting for the very top.

“Milan are one of the biggest names in football and could be absolutely huge, the potential is endless.”

The 39-year-old also had the opportunity to discuss his personal past in business.

“I was a dishwasher at 14 and was in real estate by the time I was 16. I worked in the restaurant my parents owned as they were insistent that we must learn the value of work.

“Then I set up an online real estate marketing company which made a huge profit on the stock exchange and went from there.

“But while my family held a huge amount of stock in Thailand, the Asian financial crisis in 1997 led to us actually having the largest debt.

“When I left Australia, where I had grown up and also gained a qualification in civil engineering, I had only AUS$2,000 to my name.

“I went into several industries after that to make my living. Thankfully, I have been involved in lots of companies in which I have bought low and sold high.

“I know I am lucky, and I have a good life. But I still want to live normally. I still take my children to do the grocery shopping at the weekend, and they do chores around the house.

“We don't have live-in maids or anything like that. It is important that we are a normal family.”

Byandrea

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