Early Life
Mr. Pham grew up in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1977, at the age of 19, he led his family on a high-seas escape to the United States. They settled in Colorado, where Pham became a factory worker making baby-strollers, learned English and later attended college on a scholarship. He received a B.S. in marketing and international business from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and won a scholarship to study in England. His graduate degrees, earned concurrently at Stanford University, include an M.B.A. in international and organizational management, an M.A. in international economics and a special diploma in public policy management.
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