Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

This article is about the Vietnamese businesswoman. For the singer-songwriter, see Thao Nguyen.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo
Born (1970-06-07) June 7, 1970
Hanoi, Vietnam
Residence Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi[1]
Nationality Vietnam
Alma mater D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (doctorate in economic management)
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (bachelors in financial credit management and labor economics)[2]
Occupation President & CEO, VietJet Air
Organization VietJet Air
Home town Hanoi
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thao.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo (born June 7, 1970 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese businesswoman and the President & CEO of VietJet Air.[3] Thao met with early success while studying finance and economics in Moscow, where she began distributing goods from Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea in the then Soviet Union. Since then she has developed a portfolio of business interests, including VietJet and Sovico Holdings, that itself holds a 90 per cent stake in Ho Chi Minh City's Dragon City development.[4] She holds two bachelor degrees in financial credit management and labor economics at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and a doctoratal degree in economic management at the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.

She ranked 62nd in the list of Power Women 2016.[5]

She is also listed in Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen 2016.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://s.cafef.vn/ceo/CEO_50959/nguyen-thi-phuong-thao.chn?cs=HDBANK
  2. ↑ http://kenh13.info/soi-ly-lich-vo-dai-gia-mua-100-may-bay.html
  3. ↑ "Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao takes VietJet from 'bikini flights' to IPO in 5 years" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-23/how-bikini-airline-helped-to-create-vietnam-s-first-woman-billionaire
  5. ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Asia, Forbes. "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen 2016". Retrieved 2016-07-30.


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