Masan Group Corporation, (), is among the top three largest conglomerate

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companies in

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in terms of

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. The group was founded and is headquartered in

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. Its

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include Masan Consumer Holdings (consumer staples), Techcombank (financial services) and Masan Resources (mining). The group launched on the

Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE, HoSE, or HSX), formerly the HCMC Securities Trading Center (HoSTC), is a stock exchange in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was established in 1998 under Decision No. 127/1998/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister of Vietna ...

on 5 November 2009. Masan Group was among the first domestic Vietnamese corporations to adopt a growth strategy that taps foreign sources of capital for acquisition-driven expansion. In April 2011, the group's subsidiary Masan Consumer Corp. became the recipient of Vietnam's largest private-equity investment when

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paid US$159 million for a 10% stake in the company. This investment was viewed as a validation of Vietnam's M&A potential. The company was founded by its chairman,

Nguyen Dang Quang Nguyễn Đăng Quang (born 23 August 1963) is a Vietnamese billionaire businessman. Quang is the co-founder and chairman of Masan Group, a consumer goods company best known for selling fish sauce, instant noodles, chili sauce, sausages, and ani ...

, who following a doubling of the share price in the six months to January 2018, had a net worth of US$1.2 billion. In December 2019, Masan Group acquired a controlling stake in

VinGroup Vingroup JSC () is a Vietnamese conglomerate headquartered in Long Bien district, Hanoi. Vingroup is one of the largest conglomerates of Vietnam, focusing on technology, industry, real estate development, retail and services from healthcare to ...

's retail division VinCommerce, which operates under the

VinMart Masan Group Corporation, (), is among the top three largest conglomerate private sector companies in Vietnam in terms of market capitalization. The group was founded and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh city. Its subsidiaries include Masan Consume ...

brand.

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* {{Official website, https://www.masanconsumer.com/ Vietnamese companies established in 1996 Companies based in Ho Chi Minh City Conglomerate companies established in 1996 Companies in the VN30 Equal Weight Index Kohlberg Kravis Roberts companies