From: The Forbes Asia 10 Richest Filipinos!

Hey guys check this out! I just find this information at the Forbes magazine and find it interesting so I posted in here in my page. Just for simple information to everyone and at the same time you can have your aspirations with them. So, here they are guys:

1. Henry Sy – $4.0 billion- He owns SM group with 27 shopping malls in the Philippines and several others in China . He also owns Banco de Oro Universal Bank and has substantial shares in China Banking Corp. and Equitable PCI Bank. He also owns Highlands Prime Holdings, a high-end property developer.
2. Lucio Tan – $2.3 billion- He owns Philippine Airlines, the countrys flag carrier. His business interests include tobacco (Fortune Tobacco Corp.),beer and liquor (Asia Brewery Inc. and Tanduay Holdings Inc.), and banking (Philippine National Bank and Allied Banking Corp).
3. Jaime Zobel de Ayala – $2.0 billion- He is the patriarch of Ayala Corp.,
the Philippinesoldest conglomerate, whose business interests include real
estate and hotels (Ayala Land Inc.), financial services (Bank of the Philippine Islands), telecommunications (Globe Telecom Inc.), water infrastructure (Manila Water Co. Inc.), electronics and information technology (Integrated Microelectronics Inc. and Azalea Technology Investments Inc.) and automotive (Honda Cars Makati Inc. and Isuzu Automotive Dealership Inc.).
4. Eduardo Cojuangco – $840 million- He is the chairman of San MiguelCorporation, the largest food and Beverage Corporation in the Philippines .
5. George Ty – $830 million- He founded Metropolitan Bank and Trust, currently the largest bank in terms of Assets and Capital in the Philippines . He also has stakes in the Bank of the Philippine Islandsand Philippine Savings Bank, a Metro bank subsidiary.
6. John Gokongwei – $700 million- He is the chairman of JG Summit
holdings,whose subsidiaries include Cebu Pacific Air, Digital TelecommunicationsPhilippines Inc., First Private Power Corp., JG Summit PetrochemicalCorp.,Litton Mills Inc., Robinsons Land Corp., Robinsons Savings Bank, Sun Cellular, United Industrial Corp. and URC.
7. Tony Tan Caktiong – $575 million – He is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain
Jollibee, ChowKing, and Delifrance
8. Andrew Tan – $480 million- He is the Mega world president.
9. Emilio Yap – $350 million – He is the owner of Manila Hotel,newspaperowner, Manila Bulletin, a national newspaper.
10. Oscar Lopez – $315 million – - He is the chairman and CEO of Benpres Holdings Corp., the holding company of the Lopez group. – Meralco, ABS-CBN, Maynilad Water11. Enrique Razon Jr. – $285 million- He is the chairman and chief executive officer, International Container Terminal Services Inc; publishing magnate.

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