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Leonardo Salvador Sarao (13 April 1921 – 31 July 2001) was the founder and owner of the Sarao Motors, a company known for designing, manufacturing and selling the jeepney, the most popular mode of transportation in the Philippines.
A Sarao jeepney in Olongapo in 1973. Sarao Motors was established in 1953 by Leonardo Sarao, a former kalesa driver turned mechanic, as a small automotive shop with an initial budget of ₱700 (equivalent to ₱91,211 in 2021). The company grew into a multimillion corporation that produced the majority of jeepneys in the Philippines.
At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a Sarao jeepney was exhibited in the Philippine pavilion as a national symbol for Filipinos. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Jeepneys originate from the American colonial period – share taxis known as "auto calesas ", commonly shortened to "AC".
Sarao is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Leonardo S. Sarao (1921–2001), Filipino automotive businessman Sarao Motors, Filipino automotive manufacturing company; Manuel Sarao (born 1989), Italian footballer; Navinder Sarao (born 1978), British stock trader and manipulator
The company was established in 1986 as the SBS Radio Network Inc. (Sarao Broadcasting Systems), co-owned by the Sarao family (owner of Las Piñas-based Sarao Motors) and the Vera family (original owners of FBS Radio Network). [2]
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Leonardo Sarao, businessman and jeepney designer, founder of Sarao Motors; Luis Antonio Tagle, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Imus, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Manila, Filipino Cardinal, President, Caritas Internationalis, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were three teenagers who were killed on August 16 to 18, 2017, during the course of the Philippine drug war.. On the evening of August 16, 2017, a 17-year-old Filipino student named Kian Loyd delos Santos was fatally shot by police officers conducting an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila.