Name: Mai Kiều LiênAge: 64Business group: Việt Nam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk)‘Dairy Queen’ reigns supremeVinamilk is Việt Nam’s largest dairy firm its CEO Mai Kiều Liên has been the key person in its emergence from a small, State-run firm to one of the most profitable brands in the country. Known as the “Dairy Queen”, Liên is the only Vietnamese woman to be named among Asia’s 50 Most Powerful Businesswomen four times by US business magazine Forbes. Once called “Margaret Thatcher of Việt Nam” by CNBC, Liên has been a pioneer in making milk a regular source of nutrition for Vietnamese people. In terms of sales, Vinamilk was already ranked among the world’s 50 largest dairy companies by KPMG in 2016. Apart from its 13 factories in Việt Nam, Vinamilk has invested in a milk plant in the United States, one in New Zealand and one in Phnom Penh.

Source: Viet Nam News August 04, 2017 02:03 UTC