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Le Thi Thu Thuy
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Lê Thị Thu Thủy, better known as Madame Thuy,[1] is the chief executive of the automotive company VinFast and vice-chairwoman of the conglomerate Vingroup, its parent company.
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Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Hanoi, Vietnam |
Other names | Madame Thuy |
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She was born in 1974 in Hanoi, Vietnam and educated in business and economics at Hanoi Foreign Trade University, International University of Japan and the Harvard Kennedy School.[2][1] Her qualifications include Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA).[3]
She was a vice-president at Lehman Brothers from 2000 to 2008 and then joined Vingroup where she started by working on the company's international investments and partnerships.[2]
In 2017, she was made responsible for opening the first automobile factory in Vietnam – a new venture for Vingroup which planned to establish VinFast as a new automobile brand.[2] Initially, VinFast sold traditional ICE cars, such as its version of the BMW X5, in its domestic market. Madame Thuy is now[when?] the chief executive of VinFast and, under her leadership, the company plans to go fully electric and market its products globally.[4]