VINH Q. VUONG | EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
An entrepreneur since his teens, Vinh Vuong transforms ideas and prototypes into disruptive, high-valued startups through operational discipline, effective business development, and meaningful PR. The most notable startups that exited (before he entered college) include an algae biofuel company and a mobile ordering software, both are well-established enterprises today. Currently, Vinh focuses on companies in essential emerging technologies, energy, and natural resources with a heavy focus on critical and rare earth minerals.
At 19 years old, Vinh took his data-driven, social media expertise and began delivering more than a dozen winning political campaigns at the local, state and national levels. From there, he founded VUONG Global, an international communications firm, where Vinh guided FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 corporations - with a cumulative market cap of over $500 billion - through reputation management and digital transformation. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including: financial services, healthcare, technology, private equity, and social & public sectors.
Additionally, being involved in many "war rooms" situations, from shareholder proxy fights to high-profile scandals, Vinh served as a data-driven crisis manager and strategic communications advisor for numerous corporate, startup/venture, government, and high-profile/high net-worth clients. He worked closely in many corporate litigation cases, including high-profile Supreme Court cases, political and policy campaigns, and is a highly sought after consultant to large, complex organizations, and high-profile individuals.
Today, Vinh serves as Executive Chairman of his holding company, VUONG Holdings, and remains active as a crisis management and public affairs consultant to select clients.
Vinh graduated from Penn State's Smeal College of Business with a bachelor's degree in management where he played a few seasons with the football team under Joe Paterno and a few seasons with the collegiate rugby team. He also completed the executive programs at the Harvard Business School and The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
At 19 years old, Vinh took his data-driven, social media expertise and began delivering more than a dozen winning political campaigns at the local, state and national levels. From there, he founded VUONG Global, an international communications firm, where Vinh guided FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 corporations - with a cumulative market cap of over $500 billion - through reputation management and digital transformation. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including: financial services, healthcare, technology, private equity, and social & public sectors.
Additionally, being involved in many "war rooms" situations, from shareholder proxy fights to high-profile scandals, Vinh served as a data-driven crisis manager and strategic communications advisor for numerous corporate, startup/venture, government, and high-profile/high net-worth clients. He worked closely in many corporate litigation cases, including high-profile Supreme Court cases, political and policy campaigns, and is a highly sought after consultant to large, complex organizations, and high-profile individuals.
Today, Vinh serves as Executive Chairman of his holding company, VUONG Holdings, and remains active as a crisis management and public affairs consultant to select clients.
Vinh graduated from Penn State's Smeal College of Business with a bachelor's degree in management where he played a few seasons with the football team under Joe Paterno and a few seasons with the collegiate rugby team. He also completed the executive programs at the Harvard Business School and The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.