Denise Sandquist is the co-founder and CEO of Fika — a female-focused AI social & dating app founded in and focussed on Vietnam. As a baby born in Vietnam she was adopted to Sweden, then went on to have an extraordinary professional career until it took her to her birthcountry Vietnam to found Fika. We talk to Denise about her life story and her ta…

Cuong is the CEO of Forbes Vietnam — the Vietnamese branch of the international media giant. As a young adult, he immigrated to the US to study and work, until he decided to return home and to bring global business such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Forbes to Vietnam. We talk to Cuong about his US and coming-home experience as well as doing business…

Jane is one of the most notable Vietnamese American astronomers of our time. With her PhD advisor at MIT, she discovered the Kuiper Belt, vastly increasing the number of known objects in the solar system and winning the Kavli price in 2012. Jane is an alum of Stanford University, UCLA and MIT, and was a professor at Harvard University. We talk to J…

Since being included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list 2014, Tiffany has grown her social enterprise Mogul to become the technology platform for women and a recruitment and advancement partner for diverse talent in over 480 Fortune 1000 companies. We talk to Tiffany about her journey to become the leader that she is today, despite being an introvert, …

Adopted by a German couple from South Vietnam, Philipp went on to become one of the most notable people of Vietnamese descent in Europe and was Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2011-2013 beside Angela Merkel. We talk about his upbringing and journey into politics, before hearing more about life after politics, his connection to Vietnam and his work …

Binh is venture capital partner at 500 Startups Vietnam and a former serial entrepreneur who co-founded Klout. We talk to Binh about his upbringing in the US, his beginnings as a game developer in Silicon Valley, taking a tech startup to exit, and the VC landscape in Vietnam. > Overseas Vietnamese > Binh Tran…

Hao is co-founder & CEO of Vietcetera and a Brown University alumni. We talk to Hao about his move from the Bay area to co-founding a media company in Vietnam, what his life there is like, being a young CEO, and what advice he would give to those looking to move to Vietnam. > Overseas Vietnamese > Hao Tran…

Vanessa is co-founder of Omsom, an ex-Bain management consultant and a Harvard graduate. We talk to Vanessa about her Vietnamese upbringing in the US, coming to terms with her roots and co-founding a food startup with her sister that reclaims Asian and Vietnamese cuisine. > Overseas Vietnamese > Vanessa Pham…