Enrique K. Razon Jr. is currently the Chairman of the Board and President of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), the largest corporation in the country providing container port terminal services in Manila, Subic, Batangas, General Santos City, Poland and Brazil.
Razon is concurrently the Chairman of Razon Industries, Inc.; and Sureste Realty Corp. Mr. Razon has been a Director of ICTSI since 1988, and Chairman since 1995. He chairs ICTSI Manila Holdings, Inc.; ICTSI Warehousing, Inc. (IWI); Asia Star Freight Services, Sureste Properties, Inc. and Provident Management Group, Inc. He is President of Cebu International Container Terminal, Inc. and a Director of A. Soriano Corp.; International Exchange Bank; CLSA Exchange Capital; Kamahalan Publishing Co.; Kagitingan Printing Press, Inc.; and Philippine Skylanders, Inc.
Antonio S. Abacan Jr., Filipino, is currently the Chairman of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company and Vice Chairman of the Metrobank Group. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Major in Banking and Finance from Mapua Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Executive Program of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Eduardo Murphy Cojuangco, Jr. (born June 10, 1935), also known as Danding Cojuangco, is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines and former governor of Tarlac.
He was a candidate for the Philippine presidency in 1992, ultimately losing to Fidel V. Ramos. He tested the political waters in 2003, planning to run in the 2004 Presidential and Local Elections, but soon withdrew. He was a close advisor and personal friend to former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, which led him to become estranged from his cousin, Corazon Aquino, who after Marcos’ ouster succeeded him as president. Cojuangco is of partial Irish, Spanish, and Chinese descent.
George S.K. Ty (Siao Kian Ty) is a Filipino-Chinese finance tycoon. He founded Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, currently the largest bank in terms of Assets and Capital in the Philippines. He also has stakes in the Bank of the Philippine Islands and Philippine Savings Bank, a Metrobank subsidiary. George Ty was the owner of the G.T. International Tower in Makati. He used to be a billionaire where he once had a networth of $2.2 Billion back in 1998.
In 1962, at the age of 29, Ty founded Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, together with Don Emilio Abello, Don Pio Pedrosa and Placido Mapa Sr., with a branch in Binondo. Four years later, a provincial branch was set up in Davao; by the 1970s the bank went international, opening in Taipei.
Teresita Sy-Coson, one of the world’s most powerful women in business, is the daughter of Henry Sy who is a Chinese-Filipino owner of SM Investments Corporation. The eldest, she was groomed by his father as his successor. She is considered as one of the most prominent people in the Philippines as mentioned in the list of Philippine Tatler’s "Who’s Who of the Philippines".
A student at the Assumption College, she started doing part-time work in one of the SM stores. In 1990 Sy-Coson, then 39 was appointed president of Shoemart, Inc.
Eduardo Murphy “Danding” Cojuangco, Jr. (born June 10, 1935) is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines, and was a candidate for the Philippine presidency in 1992, ultimately losing to Fidel Ramos. He tested the political waters in 2003, planning to run in the 2004 Presidential and Local Elections, but soon withdrew. He was a close advisor and personal friend to former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, which led him to become estranged from his cousin, Corazon Aquino, who succeeded Marcos as president. Cojuangco is of partial Irish and Chinese descent.
Cojuangco was a member of the Rolex 12, a group of 12 men who were closest to Marcos and allegedly were his enforcers of Martial Law. Cojuangco also was accused by the military men at the scene of the Aquino’s assassination, as the leader who orchestrated the crime.
Andres Soriano III Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Member of Executive Committee, A. Soriano Corp. He is connected to 30 board members in 4 different organizations across 2 different industries.
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Alfonso T. Yuchengco, popularly known as Ambassador Yuchengco, is a prominent industrialist, certified public accountant, educator, and diplomat in the Philippines.
He heads the Yuchengco Group of Companies, one of the largest family-owned business conglomerates in the Philippines. He is the Chairman of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, one of the largest commercial banks in the Philippines. He is also the Chairman of the Mapua Institute of Technology, a leading engineering school in the country.
Andrew L. Tan is an entrepreneur from the Philippines who engages in real estate, liquor and fast food. According to a 2007 edition of the Forbes Magazine, Tan became the Philippines’ fourth billionaire after Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Henry Sy and Lucio Tan (no relation). His fortune that year was $1.1 Billion. It declined to $700 Million due to stock problems.
Originally a poor immigrant China, Tan was born in the Fujian province. He spent his childhood at an apartment in Hong Kong which was shared by other families and had short supply. Later, he moved to Manila where he studied accounting at University of the East. For economic reasons, he would head to school walking rather than riding on public transportations. He then graduated. During his early years in business, the government of Quezon City honored him “Businessman of the Year” for 2004. Read more
The “Philippines’ King of Malls” owns 23 shopping centers. This year plans to open his massive Mall of Asia on the capital Manila’s waterfront. Expected to be 386,000 square meters and feature the country’s first Olympic-size skating rink. Will also have an IMAX movie theater. Recently started buying stakes in local banks.
