Phạm Nhật Vượng is the founder of Vingroup, one of the largest conglomerates of Vietnam. Headquartered in Long Bien, Hanoi, Vietnam, the conglomerate focuses on real estate development, healthcare, hospitality and technology.
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BIOGRAPHY
Pham is a Vietnamese entrepreneur and property developer born and raised Hanoi, Vietnam. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is Pham Nhat Vu and Pham Thi Lan Anh‘s older brother.
- His father served in the air defense division of the Vietnamese Army.
- His mother owned a tea shop.
- He and his wife Phạm Thu Hương met in high school.
- He has one daughter named Phạm Nhật Minh Anh and two sons namely Phạm Nhật Quân Anh and Phạm Nhật Minh Hoàng.
- In 1985, he graduated from Kim Lien High School in Hanoi.
- In 1987, he entered the Hanoi University of Mining and Geology in Bắc Từ Liêm, Hanoi and was sent to the Soviet Union to study in the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting in Moscow, Russia.
- In the early 1990s, he and Thu Huong moved to Kharkiv, Ukraine where he started an instant noodle restaurant business using money he borrowed from friends and family.
- In 1992, he graduated from the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting.
- In 1993, he founded a fast-food company in Ukraine called Technocom.
- In 2009, he sold Technocom to Nestlé for $150 million and went back to Vietnam.
- In 2015, he was listed as the richest person in Vietnam with assets totaling US$1.1 billion, making him the first Vietnamese to have at least US$1 billion.
- On August 5, 2024, he turned 56.
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TIMELINE
Pham’s mother is from Haiphong, Vietnam. His paternal family has origins in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam.
2010s
- In June 2017, he founded an automotive company in Haiphong called VinFast.
2020s
- In January 2024, he became the chief executive officer of VinFast.
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