Between the ages of eight and 14, he saved B10,000 (at a time when a jeep cost B40,000). In the 1970s Kromadit came to Taiwan to attend NTU, and every time he went back to Thailand for summer and winter vacation, he'd bring goods to sell both ways.
8 到 14 歲間，邱威功竟累積了 1 萬泰銖（當時一部吉普車售價 4 萬泰銖）。1970 年代，邱威功到台灣唸大學，每逢寒暑假便做起跑單幫的生意。