Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong - 30.5 billion USD
Latest update (January 5, 2026) by Forbes, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong - Chairman of Vingroup Group's assets reached 30.5 billion USD, an increase of 561 million USD, equivalent to an increase of 1.87% compared to January 4, 2026.
Currently, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong ranks 71st in the ranking of the richest people on the planet at the beginning of 2026.
At the end of December 2025, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong's assets were at the threshold of 30 billion USD, for the first time entering the top 70 richest people in the world.
In Southeast Asia, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong maintains 2nd place in the top 5 richest people.
In the 1990s and earlier, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong studied abroad in Russia and started a famous instant noodle business in Ukraine. In Vietnam, he does business in many fields such as: Real estate, retail and healthcare. The group's main subsidiaries include: VinFast electric cars, Vinhomes real estate and Vinpearl hotel chain.
In 2023, he listed VinFast on the Nasdaq through SPAC. Vinpearl was listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in May 2025. The company operating the V-Green charging station was separated from VinFast in 2024 and is investing more than 400 million USD in the next two years to build nationwide charging infrastructure.
Billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - 4.9 billion USD
Forbes' latest list of world billionaires (January 5, 2026) updates the net worth of billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietjet Air worth 4.9 billion USD, ranking 838th in the world.
In Vietnam, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is the only female billionaire, and the second richest person after Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, the first self-made female billionaire of Vietnam, brought low-cost airline VietJet Air to the stock exchange in 2017.
Ms. Thao also has investments in HD Bank, technology, green energy and real estate, including: hotels and sea resorts.
Billionaire Tran Dinh Long - 2.6 billion USD
With assets worth 2.6 billion USD, billionaire Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of Hoa Phat Group ranked 1,533th on the list of the richest people today.
Mr. Tran Dinh Long founded Hoa Phat Joint Stock Company in 1992, which is the largest steel production group in Vietnam.
In addition, Mr. Tran Dinh Long is also investing in real estate and agriculture.
Billionaire Ho Hung Anh - 2.3 billion USD
Meanwhile, billionaire Ho Hung Anh - Chairman of Techcombank owns assets worth 2.3 billion USD, ranking 1,794th in the world.
In 2018, Techcombank Bank listed shares. Billionaire Ho Hung Anh and billionaire Nguyen Dang Quang are close business partners.
Mr. Ho Hung Anh and Nguyen Dang Quang jointly control two large listed companies, Masan Group and Techcombank.
Billionaire Nguyen Dang Quang - 1.1 billion USD
And billionaire Nguyen Dang Quang - Chairman of Masan Group has assets worth 1.1 billion USD, ranking 2,997th in the world.
Masan Group operates in many fields: consumer goods, food, animal feed, food processing...
Masan Consumer, the group's consumer goods unit, is aiming to list on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in 2025.
