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How The Vietnam War Made Female CEOs Better Than Men

Bloomberg expounds on how one aspect of the aftermath of the war in Vietnam is closely connected to the advent of female CEOs. According to data compiled by Paris-based Intelligent Financial Research & Consulting and Bloomberg – women leaders are currently getting rewarded by investors in Vietnam’s $58 billion stock market. Moreover, the data revealed that an index of companies currently led by female CEOs, has almost tripled in the past five years…

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