Win Win Tint

Win Win Tint (Burmese: ဝင်းဝင်းတင့်; born 1975) is a Burmese businesswoman, entrepreneur and CEO of Burma’s largest retailer, City Mart Holdings. She was listed in Forbes Magazine’s Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen in 2014.[1][2][3][4]

Win Win Tint
ဝင်းဝင်းတင့်
Born1975
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Alma materThames Business School
OccupationBusinesswoman, Entrepreneur
Known forFounder and CEO of City Mart Holdings
AwardsYoung Global Leader (2013)
Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen (2014)

Biography

Win was born in 1975 at Yangon. Her family opened its first grocery store in 1996 in Yangon and then three months later asked her to run it; she was just 21. She has been at the helm of the company since 1997, shortly after she returned to Myanmar from Singapore and she has since built the single-store operation into one of Myanmar’s leading retail chains. Her companies also promote corporate social responsibility outside of the foundation, including through blood-donation drives, art exhibitions, and programs to encourage support for athletes. Now, the company boasts more than 150 outlets, including 27 City Mart supermarkets, 13 huge Ocean Supercenters and 70 City Express convenience stores, 45 City Care pharmacy, beauty products shops, 45 Seasons Bakeries and three branches of City Baby Club.[5][6][7]

She also founded the Pahtama Group, the leading and fastest growing distributor for consumer products in Myanmar for many multinational companies, including P&G, Cerebos, Abbott Laboratories, Nestlé, and Kellogg’s. She served as the President of Myanmar Retailer Association. She was nominated as a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum in 2013 and was also a runner-up for the Women Entrepreneur Award of the 2014 ASEAN Business Awards. She was listed in Forbes Magazine’s Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen in March 2014, it is the first time that a Burmese businesswoman is included in the list. Win Win Tint included in a top 10 of Burmese women in the Irrawaddy Magazine’s December issue on ‘Movers and Shakers’ in 2014.[8][9]

References
  1. Kyaw Hsu Mon (25 March 2014). "A Tale of Retail Success". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. San Yamin Aung (26 February 2015). "City Mart Director Listed in Forbes' Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. TIM MCLAUGHLIN (31 July 2013). "Supermarket entrepreneur eyes expansion". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. Khine Kyaw (21 February 2017). "Top Myanmar retailer to launch e-wallet with Thai technology". Eleven Media Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. "Win Win Tint Biography". World RetailCongress. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. "OBG talks to Daw Win Win Tint, Managing Director, City Mart Holdings". Oxford Business Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. Aung Thura (24 January 2016). "City Mart တည်ထောင်သူ ဒေါ်ဝင်းဝင်းတင့်နှင့်တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". Mizzima News (in Burmese). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  8. "Aisle Queen: Win Win Tint Leads With Myanmar's City Marts". Forbes. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  9. ""Know your market, customers and stakeholders" City Mart's Daw Win Win Tint recounts her success". Myanmar Insider. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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