FILIPINO SUCCESS STORY: JOHN GOKONGWEI

Another rags to riches success story of a true Filipino Taipan entrepreneur that can inspire anyone is that of John Gokongwei. His business empire company known as John Gokongwei Summit Holdings, Inc. or J.G. Summit Holdings, Inc. for short has business interests in branded consumer foods (Universal Robina Corp.), real estate property development (Robinson’s Land Corp.), air transportation (Cebu Pacific Air), banking and financial services (Robinson’s Bank), telecommunications (Sun Cellular and Digitel), petrochemicals (J.G. Summit Petrochemical Corp.), and United Industrial Corp. of Singapore.

But his wealth wasn’t served in a silver platter. Even in the early years of his life, he encountered tremendous hardships that, eventually, tap his entrepreneurial talent.  Let us get to know the

HENRY SY: THE SUCCESS STORY

In our first feature blog for our LIFESTYLE section,  we're going to read about the life story of the richest man in the Philippines, Mr. Henry Sy.  He is the tycoon who owns all established SM Malls, Banco De Oro-EPCI Bank and a majority share in China Bank.

Let us all be inspired by his rags to riches story as his daughter Teresita Sy-Coson narrates the story of his father’s success: