VinFast Stock Plunges 44%, Wiping Out $90 Billion in Market Value
The VinFast Auto trading saga continues to get more and more interesting. Shares of the Vietnamese EV start-up snapped a six-day winning streak, falling 44% Tuesday, wiping out some $90 billion in market value.VinFast's controlling shareholder Pham Nhat Vuong lost about $67 billion in paper wealth. At Monday's close, his VinFast stake was worth roughly $141 billion, enough to place him just below Jeff Bezos on Bloomberg's list of richest humans. At Tuesday's close, his stake was worth about $74 billion, placing him just above Jim Walton, the son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.Vuong's holdings of VinFast stock are a little complicated. About 1.2 billion of VinFast's 2.3 billion shares outstanding are held by Vingroup . Vuong owns 51% of that stock either directly or through Vietnam Investment Group, or VIG, in which Vuong is listed as the sole shareholder. About 1.1 billion shares of VinFast are also held directly by VIG and Asian Star, which is another entity controlled by Vuong.It is