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Tran Ba Duong & family

Vietnam 66 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Automotive
Industry
Automotive
Residence
Ho Chi Minh City
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Hoang Anh Gia Lai International Agricultural
    105,800,000 shares @ -
    -
    HNG-VN

Biography

Tran Ba Duong got his start working at an auto repair factory in the 1980s and eventually worked his way up to management.

He founded Truong Hai Group, also known as Thaco, in 1997; it initially sold cars and later started assembling cars for foreign brands such as Kia, Mazda and Peugeot.

His company's turning point came in 2008, when Jardine Cycle and Carriage, a car distributor in Singapore, bought a stake in it.

Thaco is now one of the biggest conglomerates in Vietnam with interests in automobiles, real estates, agriculture and logistics.

About

He received the EY Asean Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2020.

Tran is known to control every little detail of his business and often requests meetings with the management in the evenings and on weekends.