Entrepreneurs born in the Year of the Monkey
VOV.VN - Monkey type of people are said to be energetic, brilliant, and imaginative planners that are excellent at outwitting their competitors— and once they set a target, it is rare for them to fail.
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Many successful Vietnamese entrepreneurs were born in the Year of the Monkey (years 1944, 1956, 1968 and 1980) including billionaires Pham Nhat Vuong, Truong Gia Binh and Hoang Kieu. |
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Pham Nhat Vuong, born in 1968, is a self-made billionaire living in Hanoi, and the founder and chairman of Vingroup, one of the leading private companies in Vietnam, well-known for its real estate developments. |
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Truong Gia Binh, born in Danang in 1956, is one of the founders of technology giant FPT Corporation, who performed as its CEO from 1988 to 2009 and currently continues to serve as a board member. |
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Hoang Kieu, born in 1944, is a Vietnamese-born American billionaire who owns 37% of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, currently traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He debuted in 2014 on the Forbes Billionaires List, with a purported net worth of US$3.8 billion. |
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James Dimon, was born March 13, 1956, and is the current chairman, president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest of the Big Four American banks. He previously served a stint on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. |
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| John Paul Jones DeJoria, born April 13, 1944, is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company. |
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Lawrence Joseph Ellison, born August 17, 1944, is an American internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He serves as executive chairman and chief technology officer of computer technology giant Oracle Corporation, having previously been CEO from its founding until September 2014. In 2014, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the third richest person in America and as the fifth-wealthiest in the world, with an estimated fortune reportedly worth US$56.2 billion. |
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| Steven Anthony Ballmer, born March 24, 1956, is an American businessman and former CEO of Microsoft (from January 2000 to February 2014). He also owns the Los Angeles Clippers, an American professional basketball team. |
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Hasso Plattner, was born January 21, 1944 in Berlin, and is a German billionaire businessman, who co-founded SAP AG software company. He has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP AG since May 2003. |
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Dietrich Mateschitz, born 20 May 1944, is an Austrian businessman who co-founded the Red Bull energy drink company and currently holds a 49% share of the company's stock. |