Vietjet founder Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao made a fortune by putting sexy bikini-wearing stewardesses on her planes and is now Vietnam’s first female billionaire.
In 2011, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao established budget airline Vietjet and staffed it with sexy bikini-wearing flight attendants.
It didn’t take too long before the money started coming in. She also began selling steamy calendars showcasing her bikini-clad beauties.
By 2017, Vietjet was taking in ten-figure revenues, and likewise giving its founder a ten-figure fortune.
This year she made Forbes’ world billionaires list — the only Southeast Asian female on the roster and the first Vietnamese woman to do so.
The 46-year-old now has bigger plans for her airline, which she envisages as a global operation.