{
  "id": 5562184,
  "title": "Hawell’s founder sells $6M ice cream business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hawells-founder-sells-6m-ice-cream-business",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T12:19:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/siripong-akkarasriyuk-built-hawells-from-one-ice-cream-shop-to-22-branches-now-hes-selling-it-for-6-million-as-he-prepares-to-leave-worldly-life-behind/articleshow/133762298.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Siripong Akkarasriyuk, the founder of Hawell's ice cream brand, has put the business up for sale for $6 million as he prepares to become a monk. He built Hawell's from a single shop into a Thai brand with 22 branches over more than two decades. However, competition intensified in 2014, causing Hawell's to lose its place in shopping malls and eventually return to a single outlet in 2023. Siripong has been planning his monkhood for years and hopes to create a forest retreat before joining the monastic life. Despite leaving the business world, he wants to find a new owner for Hawell's, ensuring the brand continues to thrive.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}