Truong Gia Binh

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This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Trương, but is often simplified as Truong in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Bình.

Trương Gia Bình is a Vietnamese businessman.^[1] His father was an electrical engineer in Hanoi. He studied mathematics and physics in the Soviet Union, and later returned to Vietnam, where he married the daughter of Vo Nguyen Giap, a Vietnam People's Army general who rose to fame during the Vietnam War. He became the head of the the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology, Vietnam's earliest information technology firm, in 1990; he purchased 10% of the shares when it was privatised. Afterwards, he led the firm in its expansion from its origins as an internet service provider to other areas such as software outsourcing for Japanese companies.^[2] In 2006, his company opened FPT University, Vietnam's first private university; he also took up a position as the chairman of its managing board.^[3][4] He is speculated to be the richest person in Vietnam; as of January 2007, the value of his stake in FPT alone is VND2.6 billion ($164 million; 5,117,280 shares at VND525,000), according to the company's own prospectus. Bình himself is reportedly "tired" of the rumours.^[5]

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