In the latest list of world billionaires of Forbes on December 22, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong - Chairman of Vingroup Corporation - continued to rise to 80th place in the world with a net asset of 28.2 billion USD, an increase of 1.1 billion USD, equivalent to 4.06% compared to the previous update.
The assets of the richest billionaire in Vietnam continue to increase in the context of Vingroup stocks maintaining a strong upward momentum.
Not only billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets have increased sharply, many Vietnamese billionaires are recording significant growth.
According to Forbes, the net assets of Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Vietjet Air - increased by 135 million USD (ie 2,91%), to 4.8 billion USD, ranking 856th on the ranking of the richest people on the planet.
The net worth of Mr. Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of Hoa Phat Group - is 2.7 billion USD, up 20 million USD (up 0.76%), ranking 1,482nd in Forbes' list of world billionaires.
The net assets of Techcombank Chairman - Mr. Ho Hung Anh - currently reached 2.3 billion USD, an increase of 79 million USD (ie 3.48%), ranking 1,679 richest people in the world to date.
Mr. Nguyen Dang Quang - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Masan Group - owns 1.1 billion USD, an increase of 4 million USD (equivalent to 0.36%), ranking 2,994th in the world billionaire ranking.
According to Forbes, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong first joined the list of world billionaires in 2016 with an estimated asset of 1.8 billion USD.
By early 2025, in the annual billionaire list announced by Forbes on January 4, Mr. Vuong's assets reached 6.5 billion USD, an increase of 2.1 billion USD compared to 2024. The increase continued when in mid-April, his fortune was updated by Forbes to about 8 billion USD, thanks to the strong recovery of VIC and VFS stocks - two stock codes associated with the Vingroup and VinFast ecosystems.
By early November, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong's net assets continued to increase by 2.34%, reaching 19.3 billion USD, thereby putting him in the position of 125 richest people in the world, surpassing many famous businessmen in the Asian region.
