Upon graduation, she joined her elder brother’s company, Thaksin Shinawatra, as an Executive, and then became the President of property developer SC Asset and Managing Director of Advanced Info Service. In the meantime, her brother Thaksin became Prime Minister of Thailand, but it didn’t pass much time before he was overthrown in a military coup. After Thaksin was convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison, the Pheu Thai Party nominated Yingluck as their candidate for Prime Minister in the 2011 general election.
