The brown taipan, Manuel B. Villar Jr., who recently disclosed that one of his real estate companies earned ₱1 trillion, is back as the Philippines’ richest man, after being briefly replaced by port and gaming magnate Enrique K. Razon Jr., as ranked by Forbes Magazine. There are 15 Filipinos in...
Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso, the newly appointed president of Megaworld Corporation, has been recognized as one of the world's most influential women by Forbes magazine. Gutierrez-Alfonso, who assumed leadership of Megaworld in June 2024, has quickly made her mark on the company, according to Forbes....
Only one Filipina made it to Forbes Magazine’s Asia Power Businesswomen list which features 20 industry veterans who set precedent by becoming the first women to step into top leadership roles at their companies. Megaworld Corporation’s new president Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso joined other...
Real estate and retail mogul Manuel B. Villar Jr. has been listed as the only Filipino in elite Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200 as among the planet’s billionaires whose fortunes continue to swell despite war, political unrest, and lingering inflation. Vista Land and...
Billionaire Susan Co of Cosco Capital, the new president and CEO of Ayala Land Inc. Anna Ma. Margarita B. Dy and three other Filipinas were included among the women of Forbes Magazine’s third annual 50 Over 50: Asia. Co, Dy, Medilink Networks President and CEO Esther Go, peace negotiator Miriam...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) was named Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the World’s Best Employers which includes 800 firms from some 57 countries. In a statement, SMC said it is number 174 overall, and is one of just two firms based in the Philippines--along with...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is keen on crafting a law that would impose additional tax on the country’s richest individuals noting how many of them are not even included in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) top income taxpayers. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian, who is poised to...
Forbes magazine has named 20 Filipinos in its 36th Annual World’s Billionaires List with real estate and retail tycoon Manuel B. Villar Jr. still the wealthiest in the Philippines for the fourth year in a row. The youngest Filipino to top the list of the country’s wealthiest, Villar was only 69...
Forbes Magazine released its latest list of the Philippines’ richest with rankings in the top 5 remaining unchanged as the Sy siblings are still the wealthiest family while Manuel B. Villar Jr. retained his position as richest individual. “Tycoons on the 2021 Forbes list of the Philippines’...
The far-reaching impact of the ongoing pandemic has not spared the country’s US-dollar billionaires as listed by Forbes Magazine as their current number has now been reduced to 16 from the 17 listed among the world’s richest last April. AllValue Chairman Manuel B. Villar, Jr. AllValue Chairman...
Six Philippine companies, led by the Sy family’s SM Investments Corporation and BDO Unibank, made it to Forbes Magazine’s 19th annual Global 2000 list. The list is an international ranking of the world's biggest, most-powerful and most-valuable companies based on an analysis of four metrics:...
Enrique K. Razon Jr. Five businessmen with strong ties to sports were among the 17 Filipinos named to this year’s Forbes World’s Billionaires List. Enrique Razon Jr., Lucio Tan, Hans Sy, Ramon Ang and Inigo Zobel made it to the list composed of 2,755 billionaires from around the world, as...
