Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao doesn’t do things by halves. Over a decade, the Russian-speaking, 56-year-old Vietjet founder has expanded her aviation empire across Asia and seen her fortune march past $1 billion.
For Madame Thao, as she is best known, air travel isn’t “just a means of transportation”. It is a “bridge connecting dreams, knowledge and opportunities”, she once told a publication produced by the Vietnamese government and its Department of Grassroots Information.
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