Vietjet CEO named in 2018 Bloomberg 50 list

CEO of budget carrier Vietjet Air Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has been the first Vietnamese person to be named in the 2018 Bloomberg 50 (B50) list, which honours 50 icons and innovators changing the global business landscape in the past year.
Vietjet CEO named in 2018 Bloomberg 50 list ảnh 1CEO of budget carrier Vietjet Air Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (Source: Internet)
Hanoi (VNA) – CEO of budget carrier Vietjet AirNguyen Thi Phuong Thao has been the first Vietnamese person to be named in the 2018Bloomberg 50 (B50) list, which honours 50 icons and innovators changing theglobal business landscape in the past year.

Thao is also Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of SovicoHoldings and standing Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of HDBank.

She holds bachelor degree in economics-finance, andcredit-banking and doctorate degree in economics.

In 2017 and 2018, she put Vietjet and HDBank up to the HoChi Minh Stock Exchange with market capitalisation of billions of USD. She isnow the second richest person in the Vietnamese securities market.

The list also names Chairman of the US Federal ReserveJerome Powell, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corp Amy Hood, CEO of RoyalDutch Shell Plc Ben Van Beurden, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland,President and CEO of Boeing Defence, Space and Security Leanne Caret, and SouthAfrican President Cyril Ramaphosa, among others.

Recently, the US’s Forbes magazine also announced a list ofthe 100 most influential women worldwide, with Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao ranking44th, up 11 places from last year.

Topping the list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UKPrime Minister Theresa May, Managing Director of the International MonetaryFund Christine Legarde, and Chairwoman and CEO of General Motors Company MarryBarra.

The B50 honorees were selected by the Bloomberg Businessweek team after months of input frommany of Bloomberg’s 2,400 journalists and analysts around the globe, and representthe most influential thought leaders in business, finance, technology andscience, politics, and entertainment.-VNA
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