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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the economic landscape in 2020, resulting to a plunge to the collective wealth of the Philippines' 50 richest according to Forbes in its report last September 2020. Now we look at the real-time list and see the changes in ranks and net worths since last year.
- 1| The Sy Siblings
- 2| Manuel Villar
- 3| Enrique Razon Jr.
- 4| Lance Gokongwei & Siblings
- 5| Jaime Zobel de Ayala
- 6| Dennis Anthony & Maria Grace Anthony Uy
- 7| Tony Tan Caktiong
- 8| Andrew Tan
- 9| Ramon S. Ang
- 10| The Ty Siblings
The Sy siblings increased their collective wealth by $2.7 billion in 2021 to a total of $16.6 billion, making them one of the wealthiest families in all of Southeast Asia. The six Sy siblings are the children and heirs of Filipino-Chinese industrialist Henry Sy Sr., who passed away in 2019. They are (from eldest to youngest): Teresita, Elizabeth, H...
The wealth of 71-year-old Manuel Villar grew by $1.7 billion in 2021, totaling to $6.7 billion as of September. A former politician (he was a congressman and senator), Villar is a real estate tycoon whose subdivisions span the country. He currently chairs Vista Land & Lifescapes, Gold MV Holdings, Vistamalls, and AllHome. His wife is senator Cynthi...
Razon heads International Container Terminal Services, the country’s biggest ports operator, and Bloomberry Resorts, which operates the popular Solaire Resort and Casino. He is currently worth $5.8 billion. Razon inherited ICTSI from his father and grew the moderate-sized cargo-loading family business into a global ports conglomerate.
The Gokongwei siblings (Lance, Robina, Lisa, Faith, Hope, and Marcia) are the children of the late industrialist John Gokongwei Jr., who passed away in 2019. The siblings now run JG Summit, which has interests in airlines, retail, property, food, power, and more. As the only son, Lance took the mantle as chairman and CEO of JG Summit while his sist...
Jaime Zobel de Ayala, not to be confused with Jaime Augusto (JAZA) and Fernando (FZA), is the patriarch of the Zobel de Ayala family of Ayala Corporation. The elder Zobel is currently retired and leaves the management of Ayala Corp. to his two sons, chairman JAZA and CEO Fernando. The family patriarch’s net worth is $3.3 billion.
The Uys are the newest addition to the top 10 billionaire bracket after their telco Converge ICT Solutions went public in 2020, raising their net worth by billions. The Kapampangan couple now share a wealth of $2.8 billion. Despite going public, the couple still has a majority stake in the company and are among the newest self-made billionaires in ...
Tan Caktiong’s wealth is currently pegged at $2.7 billion. He is the founder and chairman of Jollibee Food Corp, one of the world’s fastest-growing restaurant chains that has ambitions of being one of the world’s top food companies. Jollibee is becoming known for its aggressive expansion plan as it focuses on opening new shops in North America, Eur...
Andrew Tan is the chairman of Alliance Global, which has businesses in the real estate food and beverage industries. Alliance Global is most known for its property development business Megaworld and its world-renowned brandy company Emperador. Megaworld’s properties include its townships: Eastwood City, Uptown Bonifacio, and McKinley Hill. Tan has ...
RSA is the president and CEO of San Miguel Corporation, one of the oldest companies in the Philippines that dates back to the Spanish colonial era. San Miguel is most known for its beer brand, but is also involved in infrastructure projects such as the Bulacan airport. Most known for his philanthropy and infrastructure projects, RSA is worth $2.3 b...
The four Ty siblings are the children of the late George Ty, the tycoon who founded Metrobank and GT Capital, the family conglomerate that has interests in banking, insurance, and property development. Arthur is currently the chairman of GT Capital Holdings, and is also the chair of Metrobank. The four siblings (Arthur, Alfred, Alesandra, and Anjan...
- Esquire Philippines
Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of...
Sep 8, 2021 · After taking a hit last year, fortunes in the Philippines staged a robust recovery: collective wealth of the 50 richest was up 30% to $79 billion. Despite pandemic headwinds, four listees added...
- Naazneen Karmali
Sep 9, 2021 · Tycoons on the 2021 Forbes list of the Philippines’ 50 richest staged a robust recovery and saw their collective wealth rise 30% to US$79 billion.
We list again the current Filipino billionaires, fresh from the real-time list of Forbes, and find out more about them and their businesses.
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The wealth of more than half the members of Philippines’ 50 Richest list was up this year with four listees adding over $1 billion. The top three were the biggest dollar gainers by far, collectively richer by nearly $6 billion.
