Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
$4.3B
Born
Jun 07, 1970
Age
55
Source of Wealth
Airlines
Residence
Ho Chi Minh City,
Citizenship
Vietnam
Marital Status
Married
Children
4
Education
- Vietnam's first self-made woman billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao took her budget airline, VietJet Air, public in 2017.
- She launched the airline in 2011 and made a big splash early on with ads featuring bikini-clad flight attendants.
- Nguyen got the idea to launch a low-cost airline while she was a trader, when she predicted that demand for air travel in Vietnam would increase.
- She also has investments in HD Bank, technology, green energy and real estate, including hotels and beach resorts.
- After studying economics and finance in Soviet Russia in the 1980s, Nguyen got her start trading commodities in Eastern Europe and Asia.
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