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Dennis Anthony Uy was born on June 1, 1966, in Fukien (now Fujian), China. [1] In China, the Uys lived in poverty with one meal a day already considered "a blessing". [2] When he moved in, he could not speak English nor Tagalog. [3]
John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. (traditional Chinese: 吳奕輝; simplified Chinese: 吴奕辉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ E̍k-hui; pinyin: Wú Yìhuī; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) [2] was a Filipino banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Dennis Ang Uy [1] (Chinese: 黃 書 賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Chu-hiân; pinyin: Huáng Shūxián; [2] born September 26, 1973 [3]) is a Filipino businessman, government official, and diplomat. Uy is the founder of Udenna Corporation , which has stakes in various businesses including Phoenix Petroleum .
The award recognizes "successful Southeast Asian businesses that contribute to the economy and community in the region." [28] Gokongwei was awarded the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, one of Ten Outstanding Young Men in the Philippines in 2000, Finance Asia's Best CEO in 2015 and 2018, and Institutional Investors Best CEO in 2015.
Tan Caktiong was born on January 5, 1953 in the then-undivided province of Davao (in now Davao del Sur) to Chinese immigrant parents from Fujian. [6] His father worked in a restaurant in China and as a cook in a Buddhist monastery in Manila before setting up his restaurant in Davao City. [7]
Lucio Chua Tan Sr. (traditional Chinese: 陳 永 栽; simplified Chinese: 陈 永 栽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Éng-chai; pinyin: Chén Yǒngzāi; born July 17, 1934) is a Filipino billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco (simplified Chinese: 杨应琳; traditional Chinese: 楊應琳; pinyin: Yáng Yìng-lín; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Èng-lîm; February 6, 1923 – April 15, 2017) was a Filipino accountant, banker, businessmanpanies, one of the largest family-owned conglomerates in the Philippines.
Ben Chan would start his own T-shirt store business in 1987 which would eventually become Bench managed under the family-owned Suyen Corporation. [2] [3] Bench is a contraction of Chan's own name. [2] In 2014, he would be given the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. [4] Chan promotes the terno, selling the clothing apparel in his ...