Mai Kieu Lien

Mai Kiều Liên (Chữ Hán:梅嬌蓮) (born 1. September 1953 in Paris, France;ancestral hometown in Vi Thanh, Hau Giang) is a Vietnamese businesswoman and currently Chief Executive Officer (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 was the 60th wealthiest individual in Vietnam in terms of stock wealth in late 2012, holding stocks worth almost 200 billion VND (almost $10 million).