Impressive 'Profiles' of Generation 7X CEOs

It is not difficult to name the 7X generation businessmen who are taking on the role of general director or important positions in many large corporations and enterprises.

Tran Huy Thanh Tung - CEO of Mobile World Joint Stock Company

Mr. Tran Huy Thanh Tung was born in 1970, has a bachelor's degree in economics from Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics.

Before joining Mobile World , Mr. Tung worked as chief accountant at Mabuchi Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2004. In 2005, Mr. Tung joined Mobile World as CFO. Mr. Tung is one of the five founders of Mobile World, along with Chairman of the Board of Directors Nguyen Duc Tai, Mr. Dieu Chinh Hai Trieu, Mr. Tran Le Quan and Mr. Dinh Anh Huan. From 2007 to 2013, Mr. Tung was chief accountant and CFO of Mobile World. From the end of 2013 to present, he has been Head of the Internal Audit Committee. Before being appointed as CEO, Mr. Tung also held many important positions in the company such as: Head of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, etc. From April 2019, Mr. Tung was appointed as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of MWG. This businessman currently holds more than 11 million MWG shares (equivalent to 0.76% ownership) with a value of more than 430 billion VND. Compared to other veteran figures at Mobile World, Mr. Tran Huy Thanh Tung is quite secretive.

Nguyen Canh Hong - General Director of Eurowindow

Mr. Nguyen Canh Hong was born in 1971 in Nghe An. He and his brother, Mr. Nguyen Canh Son, founded and built Eurowindow Holding Group.

More than 20 years ago, when he was a student at the University of Technology, Mr. Hong studied and did business by buying at the beginning of the street and selling at the end of the street. Then he tried his hand at computer companies of his friends as well as his own. In 1997, he had a large project in Vietnam and needed to find a door with many new features but could not find any. Looking at the European market, while most countries used uPVC doors in modern projects, he thought about how to bring high-end, international quality door products to Vietnam. And in 2002, when he had 5 million USD in hand, he and his brother founded Eurowindow with about 120 employees. In 2003, Eurowindow started construction of its first factory on an area of ​​21,500m2 in Vinh Phuc. The first uPVC door products under the Eurowindow brand were officially launched in the Vietnamese market. Not stopping at the initial successes in the northern market, in 2005 Eurowindow built a second factory in Binh Duong with modern equipment lines, increasing Eurowindow's total capacity to 440,000m2/year. By 2008-2010, Eurowindow had positioned its brand as the leading door market supplier in Vietnam. Eurowindow continued to invest in developing more aluminum door products and large aluminum glass wall systems to overcome all the disadvantages of traditional aluminum glass doors. At the end of 2008, Eurowindow continued to expand, building a modern glass processing center in Hanoi, putting the third factory in Da Nang into operation. In 2011, the real estate market was sluggish, leading to a gloomy construction materials market. In that context, Eurowindow continued to announce the establishment of the fourth wooden door factory in Hanoi and the fifth in Binh Duong, which surprised the market.

Nguyen Duc Thach Diem – General Director of Sacombank

Ms. Nguyen Duc Thach Diem was born in 1973 and has a Master's degree in Business Administration. Ms. Diem started working at Sacombank in 2002, holding positions in accounting, credit, customer service, corporate customers, internal control, debt settlement and has 11 years of management and operation experience. Ms. Diem has been the General Director of Sacombank since 2017 when the bank began the post-merger restructuring process and faced many difficulties related to human resources, operational efficiency and bad debt. During the 5 years of restructuring, Sacombank has recovered and handled VND 71,992 billion of bad debts and outstanding assets, of which VND 58,306 billion are items under the Restructuring and Bad Debt Handling Project, reaching 67.9% of the overall plan until 2025. The bad debt ratio, including debts sold to the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) that have not been handled, is 6.71%, down 15% compared to 2016. In addition to the drastic recovery and handling of bad debts, Sacombank's average monthly core profit increased from VND 50 billion/month in 2016 to VND 1,000 billion/month currently. In addition, Ms. Nguyen Duc Thach Diem is also known as an inspiration for a dynamic and positive life and a contributor to reshaping the working culture at Sacombank.

Le Hoang Diep Thao – founder of King Coffee brand

Ms. Le Hoang Diep Thao was born in 1973 in a wealthy family in Gia Lai . In 1996, she and her husband, Mr. Dang Le Nguyen Vu, started a business, establishing Trung Nguyen Coffee Cooperative in Buon Ma Thuot city. In 1998, Ms. Thao and her husband opened the first Trung Nguyen Coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City. In 2006, she was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy General Director of Trung Nguyen Group. In 2008, Ms. Thao founded Trung Nguyen International in Singapore. She is still a member of the Board of Directors and Permanent Deputy General Director of Trung Nguyen Group. In 2015, Ms. Thao filed for divorce from Mr. Dang Le Nguyen Vu, a divorce that lasted 6 years before the final verdict was reached. This was also a divorce that consumed a lot of public opinion and the press. In October 2016, Ms. Le Hoang Diep Thao launched the King Coffee brand in the US, and in August 2017, this brand officially appeared in Vietnam. Under the leadership of Ms. Thao, King Coffee and TNI Corporation have made steady progress. King Coffee's revenue in 2020 reached 1,500 billion VND. TNI Corporation is in the Top 100 strongest brands in Vietnam 2020-2021. Talking about the King Coffee brand, Ms. Thao said that this is the aspiration to build a legendary coffee brand, and using a global brand will help the product develop in the international market. King Coffee quickly made a splash in the world coffee market when it was officially launched in the US in October 2016, followed by other major markets such as Korea, China, the Russian Federation, Australia, Singapore, Dubai... In July 2017, Ms. Thao brought King Coffee back to serve the domestic market. In a very short time, under her management, the company has successfully deployed a product distribution system across 63 provinces and cities in the country and has been welcomed by many Vietnamese coffee lovers. With solid steps, King Coffee has achieved many remarkable achievements, especially in mid-2022, King Coffee was voted by Global Business Reviews Magazine as the fastest growing coffee brand in the UAE.

Le Thi Thu Thuy – Vice President of Vingroup and CEO of VinFast globally

Ms. Le Thi Thu Thuy was born in 1974 in Binh Dinh. Ms. Thuy graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from Foreign Trade University and a master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Japan International University. In 2008, Ms. Thuy joined Vingroup as CFO and held many other important positions at Vingroup before being appointed as General Director of Vinfast Global. She held the position of Vice President of Lehman Brothers in the Japanese, Thai, and Singaporean markets before joining Vingroup. At the end of 2021, Vingroup appointed Ms. Thuy as General Director of VinFast Global, responsible for managing VinFast's operations, with the goal of making this Vietnamese brand a smart electric vehicle company in the world. Ms. Thuy directly manages VinFast's business operations in the markets of Vietnam, the US, Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. She is also responsible for researching and expanding VinFast's business to other potential markets. Established in 2017, after about 21 months, VinFast inaugurated a 335-hectare automobile and electric motorbike manufacturing complex in Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Industrial Park (Hai Phong) and delivered the first Fadil cars to customers - a lightning-fast project implementation speed with the start of a new business field from zero. Reuters news agency once commented that Ms. Le Thi Thu Thuy is one of the few female generals in the world's automobile industry capable of "challenging" electric car tycoon Elon Musk with the powerful Tesla empire.

Nguyen Van Khoa - General Director of FPT Corporation

Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa (born in 1977) was appointed to the position of General Director of FPT Corporation, replacing Mr. Bui Quang Ngoc from March 29, 2019. He has spent 25 years working and growing at FPT through many different positions. Initially, he was an employee implementing and providing technical support for the Vietnamese Intelligence Network. One year later, from 1998-2003, this Hanoi native held the positions of Project Manager, Advertising and Development Manager and Technical Support Manager of FPT Internet Center (under FPT). In 2003-2005, he was Director of FPT Infrastructure Management Center, Deputy Director of Business - FPT Telecom Hanoi Branch, Director of FPT Telecom Hai Phong Branch in 2006-2007, General Director of FPT International Telecommunication Company Limited under FPT Telecom in 2008-2010. After many years of dedication and commitment, he was appointed as General Director of FPT Telecom, leading a team of 14,000 people in 2012 at the age of 35, becoming one of the young leaders of Vietnam's leading technology group. In March 2018, he was transferred to the position of Deputy General Director of FPT, General Director of FPT Information System Company (FPT IS) in the program of planning and training the next generation of leaders of FPT Corporation. During his tenure as General Director of FPT Telecom, Mr. Khoa and key managers made new decisions and visions, helping the unit maintain its position in the Top 3 leading internet service providers in Vietnam, owning telecommunications, internet and television infrastructure covering 63 provinces and cities.

Nguyen Thanh Phuong – “boss” of the Kangaroo brand

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong, born in 1978, is the founder of Viet Uc Electrical Refrigeration Corporation with the famous Kangaroo brand for many years. He graduated from the first course of Hanoi University of Management and Business, then did research and completed his doctoral thesis in Malaysia. On April 18, 2003, Nguyen Thanh Phuong founded the company with an initial capital of 13 million VND. The water purifier sector was a start-up project of him and his colleagues in 2000 with more than 200 imported water purifiers. Although the total initial capital was only 148 million VND, most of which was borrowed money, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong was quite successful in making Viet Uc Electrical Refrigeration Corporation famous in Vietnam with the main business areas of water heaters and water purifiers. Up to now, after more than 20 years, his company has quickly developed into a global technology corporation. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong is currently the Global CEO of Kangaroo Group. Besides the above names, the 7X businessman also has many other talented names such as: Mr. Do Ngoc Quynh - former Acting CEO of VNDirect, currently General Secretary of the Vietnam Bond Market Association (VBMA), Mr. Tran Ngoc Tam - General Director of Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank),...

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