Chinh Chu – SPACs leader

Chinh Chu is well known for arranging a series of successful affairs for Blackstone, the US-based financial investment group.

Analysts believe that no deal can slip out of Chinh Chu’s hands. He is highly appreciated for his analytical ability and financial acumen, which has helped him take over a lot of economic groups and companies, earn big profits, and become a big name on Wall Street.

Chu said his first lesson of success is patience in pursuing his goals. He believes that as long as an individual has a goal and persistently pursues it, success will not turn away from him.

Chinh Chu had assets of $1.2 billion when working as a senior managing director and co-chair of the Private Equity Group at Blackstone.

In 2015, Chinh Chu left Blackstone because he wanted to discover new challenges. At the end of the year, he became the founder and managing director of CC Capital, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which has been operating in the field.

Currently, Chu is the member of the management board and advisor to a series of companies, such as E2open, Vakast.com, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Kronos, HealthMarkets, Freescale Semiconductor, NCR and BioMet.

In May 2023, with the assistance of veteran mountaineer Kami Rita, Chinh Chu became one of a few billionaires successfully conquering the highest peak on Everest.

Charlie Ton Quy – king of nail salon market

Charlie Ton Quy now owns a large beauty service chain with parlors located throughout the US. Starting with empty hands, he has become a billionaire, called ‘King of Nails’ in the US.

From the first several nail parlors, he developed a large network – Regal Nails - by setting up nail parlors at supermarkets and shops.

With about 900 franchised parlors spreading out through the country, he has succeeded in making Regal Nails a strong brand. The network has turnover of $500 million a year.

In 2013, seeing the great potential of the café market, he decided to take a risk when opening cafes with fish ponds, raising the curiosity of many people. The brandname Charlie’s Coffeen has officially emerged . There are six Charlie’s Coffee in the US.

Asked about his secret to success, he said it is created from customer satisfaction and his skillful staff.

Trieu Nhu Phat – real estate tycoon

Phat, the founder of Asian Garden Mall, is the owner of the real estate group Bridgecreek with net worth of up to $500 million. His name is found in the Goldsea’s (website) list of 70 most influential Asian American people of all time.

For many years in a row, the businessman has been found in Orange County Business Journal’s list of ’50 most influential businessmen of the year’. The US press publishes articles about him as an example of contending and rising for success.

Asked to share business experience with young entrepreneurs, Phat said in doing business, updating and analyzing information to find opportunities from the information is an important factor. The success of every businessperson originates from the ability to receive and deal with information.

Jenny Ta – billion-dollar businesswoman

Jenny Ta is one of the Vietnamese-born self-made billionaires in the US.

Ta could not enjoy a comfortable life in her childhood. The coming to the US gave her a new perspective about doing business and ignited a passion for getting rich. As soon as she graduated from high school, Jenny Ta clearly outlined her future path: becoming a businesswoman.

Ta won respect from people because she was the first Vietnamese American woman who owned two securities companies of international stature on Wall Street – Vantage Investments and Titan. After selling the companies, she had total assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Later, Jenny Ta set up a media company – Sqeeqee. This is the first company that fathered the concept ‘Social Networthing’, a system that helps people connect to each other and seek profits. 

Sqeeqee includes dozens of features of famous websites, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Ebay and YouTube, into a multi-dimensional platform. Only a log-in password is needed for users to connect to millions of people, carry out transactions, and share images and videos with the rest of the world. The company valuation if at least $1 billion.