This year, Vietnam has two new billionaires, the president of Hoa Phat - Tran Dinh Long and President Thaco - Tran Ba Duong.
Forbes (USA) has announced the list of billionaires in the world in 2018. Accordingly, Vietnam this year has 4 billion asset owners. That is Vingroup Chairman - Pham Nhat Vuong, CEO of VietJet Air - Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President of Hoa Phat - Tran Dinh Long and Chairman of Thaco - Tran Ba Duong.
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Pham Nhat Vuong continue to be listed on the Forbes list.
This is the sixth year in a row, with $ 4.3 billion worth of assets, ranked 4th in the world, up $ 1.9 billion over last year. He was first honored by Forbes in 2013, with $ 1.5 billion, ranking # 974.
With Ms. Thao, this is the second time she has contributed to the list of billionaires in the world, with assets of $ 3.1 billion, ranked 766th. She was a member of the board of directors of several commercial banks in Vietnam before joining the HCMC Development Bank (HDBank) as Vice Chairman of the Board. She is currently the CEO of VietJet Air.
Meanwhile, Duong and Long are the new billionaires of Vietnam this year. Both have assets of $ 1.8 billion and $ 1.3 billion respectively, ranked 1,339 and 1,756 worlds.
Mr. Tran Dinh Long (left) and Mr. Tran Ba Duong joined this year.
Mr. Tran Dinh Long founded Hoa Phat in 1992 in Hanoi. The Group currently manufactures office equipment, steel pipes, construction steel and is considered as the largest steel producer in Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Tran Ba Duong founded Truong Hai Auto Company (Thaco) in 1997. Initially, they sold cars, then gradually assembled cars for foreign brands, such as Kia, Mazda and Peugeot. In 2016, Thaco became the largest automaker in Vietnam, with a 32% market share, according to Forbes. In addition, Thaco also manufactures Vietnamese branded buses and trucks.
In the world, the richest man this year is the Amazon boss - Jeff Bezos, with $ 112 billion. From October 2017, he officially overtook Gates to win the position. Microsoft co-founder now has $ 90 billion. Legendary investor Warren Buffett ($ 84 billion) and LVMH president and CEO Bernard Arnault ($ 72 billion).
This is the 32nd year Forbes announced the list of the rich world. Global billionaires continue to record, with 2,208 people. In total, they own $ 9,100 billion, an increase of 18% over last year. The 20 richest men on the planet have total assets equal to Mexico's GDP.
The biggest gainer this year was Amazon boss Jeff Bezos with $ 39.2 billion. This is also the biggest increase since Forbes began publishing this list.
Last year, the world created an additional 259 new billionaires in many fields, from technology, aerospace to wedding dresses. China represents the most numerous, with 89 billionaires. Followed by the United States with 18 people. This is also China's first two billionaires to top 20, the boss Tencent - Ma Huateng (17th) and Alibaba boss - Jack Ma (20th).