First Vietnamese female CEO named in Forbes list
VGP – Ms. Mai Kiều Liên CEO and Chairwoman of Vinamilk – Việt Nam’s largest diary producer – has been honored by Forbes as one of 50 noteworthy path-breakers in the Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen list.
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Ms. Mai Kiều Liên, CEO and Chairwwoman of Vinamilk |
Ms. Liên was described as is a dynamic CEO that has built the company “not only into one of Việt Nam's most profitable brands but also a respected name across Asia.”
Forbes said that the inaugural Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen focuses on honoring businesswomen who are actively engaged in profit-seeking businesses.
Ms. Liên was born in France and educated in Moscow. In 1976, she returned to Việt Nam and joined Southern Milk & Café, which is Vinamilk's predecessor, helping to modernize the old state dairy collective. She became chairwoman after privatization in 2003.
In 2010, Vinamilk also received the Forbes Asia’s 2010 Best Enterprise award among Top 200 best enterprises in Asia.
It was the first time that a Vietnamese enterprise to be acknowledged among 151 new others and awarded the title "Best Under A Billion" for small and medium-sized businesses with capital worth less than $1 billion by the professional financial magazine. /.
By Kim Loan
