According to the Wealth Report 2026, Vietnam currently has 1.233 individuals with a net worth of $30 million or more, placing it among the fastest-growing groups in the world.
The stock market plunged to a record low on March 9th, dropping 115 points and wiping out over 66 trillion VND in assets for eight Vietnamese billionaires in just one day.
The world is witnessing an unprecedented rate of wealth accumulation among the super-rich; by 2025, there will be more than 340 new billionaires, equivalent to one new billionaire every day.
In the top 10 richest billionaires on the Vietnamese stock exchange in the year of the Snake (2025), tycoons in the banking and real estate sectors dominate.
Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong, Masan Chairman Nguyen Dang Quang, VPBank Chairman Ngo Chi Dung... all started their businesses with instant noodles in Eastern Europe.
According to the latest Forbes report, Vietnam has just added three more individuals with net worth exceeding $1 billion, bringing the total number of USD billionaires in Vietnam to eight.
The wealth of billionaires is expected to skyrocket in 2025, at a rate three times faster than in recent times and reaching an all-time high.
Globally, there is now the highest number of billionaires ever recorded, with 2.919 people, an increase of 237 from 2.682 in 2024.
Among the 20 richest people on the Vietnamese stock exchange, Pham Nhat Vuong continues to lead with assets far exceeding those of the second-ranked person.
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has officially become the world's first billionaire, with a net worth exceeding $700 billion.
Elon Musk is now halfway to becoming the world's first trillionaire.
According to Forbes, Binod Chaudhary is the richest person in Nepal and the country's only billionaire, with a net worth of approximately $2 billion.
Recently, the stock market has been continuously breaking records, causing significant fluctuations in the assets of Vietnamese billionaires on Forbes' rankings.
Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong is the richest person on the Vietnamese stock exchange with assets worth 184.223 billion VND, approximately equal to the combined assets of the next eight richest people.
By 2025, the world will have 15 individuals with a net worth of $100 billion or more, a figure far exceeding the GDP of many countries, according to Forbes' annual billionaire list.
Following the record-breaking stock market rally on April 10th, the net worth of Vietnamese dollar billionaires also increased by more than $600 million.
According to Forbes' estimates, the net worth of Vietnam's four billionaires decreased by approximately $800 million overnight.
Vietnam will have five representatives on Forbes' 2025 list of the world's billionaires after Thaco Chairman Tran Ba Duong dropped off the list.
Since the beginning of the year, the assets of Vietnamese billionaires have fluctuated significantly in line with the prices of shares listed on the stock exchange.
Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup, has just entered the Top 500 richest people in the world, according to Forbes' latest update.
Vietnam had 6 USD billionaires by the end of 2024, with total assets increasing slightly. Pham Nhat Vuong continued to be the richest billionaire on the stock market for the 15th consecutive year.
According to Business Insider, the world's richest people in 2000 have changed rankings and seen their wealth skyrocket.
The son of Malaysia's third-richest billionaire renounced his $5 billion inheritance to live in seclusion in the mountains, pursuing the austere lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Ms. Nguyen Yen Linh, daughter of Masan Group Chairman Nguyen Dang Quang, has purchased nearly 8,5 million MSN shares out of the 10 million shares she had previously registered to buy.
The net worth of the world's 10 richest people has increased to record levels, including billionaire Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Many tourists and residents of Da Nang witnessed firsthand five private jets from the world-renowned airline Gulfstream arriving at Da Nang airport.
During his state visit to India, on the morning of July 31, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group.
According to Forbes' latest real-time update, Tesla CEO Elon Musk regained the title of the world's richest person on May 29th, surpassing the owner of LVMH.
Six Vietnamese entrepreneurs will be included in Forbes' 2024 list of the world's dollar billionaires.
The Investment Promotion Center and the Department of Planning and Investment of Binh Dinh province announced that 11 of the world's top billionaires will attend the province's investment promotion conference on March 29th.
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