Vikrom's Vision

摘要

Inside A House Floating On A Lake in one of Thailand's national parks, 53-year-old Vikrom Kromadit sits quietly with his eyes dosed, surrounded by lotus flowers. He spends 11 out of every 14 days like this, seeing people only at mealtimes. Two years ago he went one step further: He spent an entire month serving as a Buddhist monk, a custom followed by some Thai men. For one day each fortnight, however, he heads to an office in Bangkok—and to his other life, as chief executive of $500 million (market cap) publicly traded industrial-estate developer Amata.