Vietnam's stock market soars, revealing the 10 richest businessmen on the stock exchange

(VTC News) - Vietnamese stocks have had two consecutive sessions of strong growth and reached historic peaks, but the Top 10 richest people on the stock exchange have not changed much.

Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vingroup Corporation (Code: VIC) is currently at the top of the list of richest people on the Vietnamese stock market with assets exceeding VND 350,000 billion (including direct and indirect ownership). At Vingroup, Mr. Vuong holds nearly 390 million VIC shares, equivalent to 10.04% of capital.

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets are now larger than the combined assets of the nine richest people on the Vietnamese stock market. This is the 16th consecutive year that the Vingroup chairman has topped this list.

According to Forbes update , as of October 10, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong has assets of 18.1 billion USD, ranked 131st in the list of world billionaires. Mr. Vuong's assets are even larger than Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong, Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi - Chairman of TCC Group, Telegram founder billionaire Pavel Durov.

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong.

The second richest person on the stock market is Mr. Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company (Code: HPG) with nearly 59,000 billion VND. Mr. Long currently holds 1.98 billion HPG shares, equivalent to 25.8% of capital.

According to Forbes ' ranking , Hoa Phat Chairman has assets of up to 3 billion USD, ranked 1343rd in the list of world billionaires as of October 10.

Mr. Long is known as the “steel king” of Vietnam when Hoa Phat has always maintained the No. 1 position in the Vietnamese steel industry. By the end of 2024, the company’s market share of long steel (38%) and steel pipes (28%) continued to hold the top position. The corrugated iron segment also recorded positive growth when it entered the Top 5 enterprises with the largest market share in Vietnam.

Mr. Tran Dinh Long.

Ranked third is Mr. Do Anh Tuan - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunshine Group Joint Stock Company (Sunshine Group - Code: KSF) - with total assets of more than 49,000 billion VND. The businessman's assets increased rapidly after the merger of Sunshine Homes into Sunshine Group.

According to the announcement, Mr. Tuan is currently a major shareholder at Sunshine, holding 552.7 million KSF shares, accounting for 61.4% of capital. In addition, he also owns more than 19.5 million SCG shares, equivalent to 22.99% of capital at SCG Construction Group Corporation (Code: SCG).

Ms. Pham Thu Huong (Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong's wife) is currently the fourth richest person on the Vietnamese stock market with total assets estimated at nearly 33,000 billion VND. Ms. Huong is currently Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup's Board of Directors. The businesswoman holds more than 170 million VIC shares, equivalent to 4.4% of capital.

In the next position is Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJet Air - Code: VJC) with assets of more than 31,000 billion VND. Ms. Thao holds more than 47 million VJC shares, accounting for 8.02% of capital. At the same time, the businesswoman owns nearly 131 million HDB shares, equivalent to 3.7% of capital at Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank - Code: HDB).

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao.

The chairwoman of VietJet is also the first female billionaire in Vietnam to be recognized by Forbes and the second Vietnamese person after Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong to be named in this list. According to Forbes ' ranking , Ms. Thao owns assets of 3.5 billion USD, ranking 1,161st in the list of the richest people in the world as of October 10.

Mr. Ho Hung Anh - Chairman of Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank - Code: TCB) ranked 6th with more than 25,000 billion VND. The chairman owns more than 78 million TCB shares, equivalent to 1.1% of capital. According to Forbes , as of October 10, Mr. Hung Anh had assets of 2.6 billion USD, ranked 1514th in the list of world billionaires.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of MaSan Group Corporation (Code: MSN) Nguyen Dang Quang is ranked 7th richest person on the Vietnamese stock market with over 23,000 billion VND. Mr. Quang is ranked 2803rd in the list of world billionaires by Forbes with an estimated fortune of 1.2 billion USD.

In the next position is Ms. Pham Thuy Hang - Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup Board of Directors (sister of Ms. Pham Thu Huong) with a large asset of nearly 22,000 billion VND. Ms. Hang owns more than 114 million VIC shares, equivalent to 2.94% of capital.

The 9th richest person on the Vietnamese stock market is Ms. Vu Thi Hien (wife of Mr. Tran Dinh Long) with nearly 16,000 billion VND.

Ranked 10th is Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy (wife of Mr. Ho Hung Anh) with more than 14,000 billion VND.

Thus, the total asset value of the 10 richest people on the Vietnamese stock market is estimated at nearly 500 billion VND.

At the end of the trading session on October 10, the VN-Index increased by more than 31 points, reaching a new peak of 1,747 points. Total market liquidity reached nearly VND33,941 billion.

Securities experts believe that the VN-Index has likely entered the initial stage of a new uptrend and is expected to continue expanding its upward momentum, heading towards the psychological resistance level of 1,800 points in the near future.

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