Chinh Chu – Leader of SPACs

The first person on the list of successful Vietnamese-American business “kings” is Chinh Chu. The talent that everyone remembers him for is his ability to “direct” a series of deals for the Blackstone financial investment group (USA).

Many people say that “no deal can slip out of Chinh Chu’s hands”. In addition, Chinh Chu is highly appreciated for his analytical ability and financial acumen.

Chinh Chu - the "old wolf" of Wall Street

With his ability, Mr. Chinh Chu has successively "acquired" many corporations and companies... bringing in large profits and becoming a name that Wall Street must be wary of.

Chinh Chu's lesson for success is to persistently pursue your goals. According to him, as long as you have a goal and persistently pursue it, success will not turn its back on you.

Chu has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion as a Senior Managing Director and Co-Chairman of the Private Equity Group at Blackstone.

In 2015, Chinh Chu left Blackstone because he "wanted to explore new challenges," including the nonprofit sector.

In late 2015, Mr. Chinh Chu founded and became CEO of CC Capital - a company specializing in special purpose acquisitions (SPACs). CC Capital is considered an active enterprise in this field.

Currently, billionaire Chinh Chu also holds the role of a member of the Board of Directors and advisor to a series of companies such as: E2open, Vakast.com, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Kronos, HealthMarkets, Freescale Semiconductor, NCR, BioMet...

In May 2023, with the support of veteran mountaineer Kami Rita, Chinh Chu became one of the rare billionaires to successfully conquer the highest peak on Mount Everest.

Charlie Ton Quy – King of nail industry

Charlie Ton Quy's real name is Ton That Khuong Quy. Charlie Ton Quy is currently a businessman who owns a chain of beauty salons across the United States. From nothing, he became a billionaire and is known as the 'king of the nail industry' in the United States.

Starting with just a few nail salons, Charlie Ton Quy has begun a plan to expand further by bringing nail salons into supermarkets, stores...

With approximately 900 franchise stores across the United States, Charlie Ton Quy has successfully made the Regal Nails brand famous. The Regal Nails chain owned by Charlie Ton Quy earns more than $500 million in revenue each year.

Charlie Ton Quy - "king" of the Vietnamese nail industry in the US

In 2013, seeing the potential opportunity of the coffee market, Charlie Ton Quy decided to take a risk. The idea of ​​opening a coffee shop surrounded by a fish pond made many people curious. The name Charlie's Coffee was officially born. Currently, there are 6 Charlie's Coffee shops in the United States.

Sharing the secret to success, Charlie Ton Quy said that his success is built on customer satisfaction and a team of qualified staff.

Trieu Nhu Phat - Real estate billionaire

Businessman Trieu Nhu Phat - founder of Asian Garden Mall, is the owner of Bridgecreek Real Estate Group with assets of up to 500 million USD. Goldsea website listed Trieu Nhu Phat as one of the 70 most influential Asian Americans of all time.

For many years, the Orange County Business Journal has listed this businessman as “the 50 most influential businessmen of the year”. The American press has written about him as a “phenomenon”, an example of striving and rising to achieve success.

Trieu Nhu Phat - The man who made the American dream come true

When asked to share his business experience with young people, Trieu Nhu Phat said that, in addition to his own abilities combined with many other factors, in business, updating information, receiving information and analyzing and evaluating the situation from those sources to find investment opportunities is important.

Whether new opportunities and chances come to you or not depends on your ability to receive, evaluate and process that information.

Jenny Ta - billionaire businesswoman

Jenny Ta - known as the "Cinderella of Wall Street" - is one of the famous Vietnamese-American billionaires who started from nothing. Since childhood, Jenny Ta did not enjoy a full material life.

That's why coming to America gave her a new perspective and a burning desire to get rich. As soon as she graduated from high school, Jenny Ta clearly outlined her future path: to become a businesswoman.

Jenny Ta - "Wall Street Cinderella"

Jenny Ta is respected for being the first Vietnamese-American woman to found two international securities companies on Wall Street, Vantage Investments and Titan. After selling these companies, Jenny Ta owned assets worth several hundred million USD.

Leaving the stock market, Jenny Ta started building the media company Sqeeqee. This is the first company to introduce the concept of “Social Networthing” – a system that helps people connect and make profits. Sqeeqee connects dozens of features of famous websites such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Ebay, YouTube… into a multi-dimensional platform.

With just one login password, users can instantly connect with millions of people, conduct transactions, and share photos or videos with the world . Currently, Sqeeqee is a company that is valued at no less than 1 billion USD.

In particular, despite being a successful businesswoman in the US, Jenny Ta is always proud of her origins. She shared that what makes her most proud is when people refer to her as a woman of Vietnamese origin: “Sqeeqee is a world of its own. Because I am Vietnamese, Vietnamese will be the main language of Sqeeqee, after English.”

At the same time, she also gave the advice "Don't think, just do it" to young people who aspire to get rich.

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