Mai Kieu Lien

Who is Mai Kieu Lien?

Mai Kiều Liên is a Vietnamese manager and currently CEO of Vinamilk. She studied in the Soviet Union and has been working for Vinamilk since returning to Vietnam in 1976, holding leadership positions during much of the company's modernisation. She is the only Vietnamese manager in Forbes' "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen" list and was described by the magazine to be dynamic and having played a key role in transforming Vinamilk not only "into one of Vietnam's most profitable brands but also a respected name across Asia".

She is the 60th wealthiest individual in Vietnam in terms of stock wealth as of late 2012, holding stocks worth almost 200 billion VND.