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Phạm Nhật Vượng

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Chairman of Vingroup

Starting out in Ukraine

Phạm Nhật Vượng was born on August 5, 1968 in Hanoi, with family roots in Hà Tĩnh. After graduating from the Hanoi University of Mining and Geology and studying in Russia, he moved to Kharkov, Ukraine in 1993 to start a business. Recognizing the food shortages of the post-Soviet period, he founded Technocom, producing instant noodles under the Mivina brand, which quickly became popular across Ukraine and expanded into other instant food products. Before selling the food business to Nestlé in 2010, the Mivina brand was valued at over $1 billion.

Building Vingroup in Vietnam

Using capital accumulated in Ukraine, he returned to Vietnam to invest in real estate, founding Vinpearl (2000) and then Vincom (2002), the predecessor of today's Vingroup. Vingroup listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in 2007 and quickly grew into one of Vietnam's largest private multi-sector conglomerates.

Vingroup today

From real estate (Vinhomes) and retail, Vingroup expanded into healthcare (Vinmec), education (Vinschool, VinUni), and from 2017 into electric vehicles under the VinFast brand. In August 2023, VinFast listed on Nasdaq, a rare milestone for a Vietnamese company on international capital markets. He has consistently ranked as Vietnam's wealthiest person and among the world's top billionaires per Forbes, though his net worth fluctuates significantly with VinFast's share price.

Ecosystem expansion and VinFast restructuring (2024-2026)

Beyond Vingroup's core businesses, he continued expanding into new technology ventures. In July 2024, he founded FGF (For Green Future) Co., Ltd., an electric-vehicle trading and self-drive rental company with charter capital of 200 billion VND, of which he personally holds a 90% stake; the company later rebranded as Green Future (GF). In November 2024, he and Vingroup founded VinRobotics, a robotics research, development, and application company with charter capital of 1 trillion VND (Vingroup holding 51%, Vượng 39%, and his sons Phạm Nhật Quân Anh and Phạm Nhật Minh Hoàng 5% each), focused on industrial robotics and artificial intelligence as part of the group's high-tech industrial pillar.

In June 2026, VinFast underwent a major restructuring: its Vietnam manufacturing operations were spun off into VinFast Vietnam (VFVN, handling R&D, intellectual property, and sales), with charter capital of about 5,184 billion VND, while the remaining manufacturing entity (charter capital about 85,609 billion VND) was transferred, in a transaction valued at roughly 13,309.6 billion VND (about $530 million), to an investor group led by Future Investment Research and Development JSC, in which Vượng participates as a minority investor. On June 22, 2026, he stepped down as CEO of VinFast's Vietnam manufacturing company, succeeded by Trịnh Văn Ngân, while remaining CEO of VinFast Global, overseeing international production, sales, and market strategy.

Billionaire status (2026 update)

Per Forbes' real-time billionaire tracker, as of early September 2026 Phạm Nhật Vượng's net worth stood at approximately $39.3 billion, ranking 54th richest person in the world. He remains Vietnam's and Southeast Asia's wealthiest individual, surpassing Asian tech billionaires such as Samsung's Lee Jae-yong, Alibaba's Jack Ma, and Xiaomi's Lei Jun. His fortune fluctuates significantly with the share prices of VIC (Vingroup) and VHM (Vinhomes), as well as VinFast's global growth prospects.

At a glance

Birth date (solar)5/8/1968
Birth-year stem-branchMậu Thân
Zodiac animalKhỉ
Life Path number1

Notable achievements

  • Built the Mivina instant-noodle brand in Ukraine, valued at over $1 billion before its 2010 sale
  • Founded Vingroup, one of Vietnam's largest private multi-sector conglomerates (real estate, retail, healthcare, education, electric vehicles)
  • First Vietnamese person to become a USD billionaire (Forbes, 2013)
  • Took VinFast public on Nasdaq (US) in August 2023
  • Ranked Vietnam's wealthiest person by Forbes for multiple consecutive years
  • Expanded Vingroup's high-tech ecosystem with VinRobotics (robotics and AI research, 1 trillion VND charter capital, November 2024) and FGF/Green Future (self-drive EV rental, July 2024)
  • Led VinFast's 2026 corporate restructuring, retaining the role of VinFast Global CEO after the Vietnam manufacturing entity was spun off
  • Net worth of approximately $39.3 billion (Forbes, updated September 2026), ranked 54th richest person in the world and wealthiest in Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Destiny & Fortune Analysis

Based on Pythagorean numerology, computed from the name and sourced birth date above.

Life Path Number

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Number Life Path: 1

Calculated from the sum of your full birth date (day + month + year), the Life Path Number is the most important figure in numerology: it outlines your central path, biggest life lesson, and the personality tendencies that run through your whole life.

Strengths: Independent, pioneering, strong-willed, natural leader.

Watch out for: Can be stubborn, impatient, struggles to collaborate when not leading.

Pythagorean Grid

3
61 ×
91 ×
2
51 ×
882 ×
11 ×
4
7

Numerology vs. reality

Life Path 1 ("independent, pioneering, strong-willed, natural leader") fits remarkably well: he built a business entirely on his own in a foreign country (Ukraine) starting from nothing, built his own brand, and later became the first to take a Vietnamese conglomerate public on Nasdaq, very much the trailblazing-leader archetype the number describes.

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References

  1. Wikipedia (tiếng Anh) - Phạm Nhật Vượng
  2. VietnamFinance - Tỷ phú Phạm Nhật Vượng và hành trình 30 năm đưa Vingroup vươn tầm thế giới
  3. DNSE - Quá trình khởi nghiệp của Phạm Nhật Vượng
  4. Vingroup.net - Tỷ phú Phạm Nhật Vượng lập công ty mua bán và cho thuê xe điện, thúc đẩy chuyển đổi xanh (FGF)
  5. Vingroup.net - Vingroup thành lập công ty nghiên cứu và phát triển người máy (VinRobotics)
  6. CafeF - Tỷ phú Phạm Nhật Vượng không còn là Tổng giám đốc của VinFast (tái cấu trúc VinFast, 6/2026)
  7. CafeF - Tỷ phú Phạm Nhật Vượng giàu hơn cả Chủ tịch Samsung, Alibaba, Xiaomi (9/2026)

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Frequently asked

When was Phạm Nhật Vượng born?

Phạm Nhật Vượng was born on 5/8/1968, in the year Mậu Thân.

What is Phạm Nhật Vượng's zodiac animal?

Phạm Nhật Vượng is a Khỉ, from the year Mậu Thân in the sixty-year stem-branch cycle.

What is Phạm Nhật Vượng's Life Path number?

Phạm Nhật Vượng's Life Path number is 1, obtained by reducing the digits of 5/8/1968.

What is Phạm Nhật Vượng's Expression number?

The Expression number is 7, computed from the full birth name rather than the birth date, so it changes if the name does.

Where does Phạm Nhật Vượng's birth date come from?

Đối chiếu qua Wikipedia, báo chí kinh doanh trong nước (VietnamFinance, CafeF, DNSE), cổng thông tin chính thức vingroup.net và xếp hạng Forbes, cập nhật 09/2026 Every astrological and numerological figure on this page is computed from that date and name, not copied from a table.