{"id":5112,"date":"2016-03-04T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T05:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=5112"},"modified":"2016-03-04T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T05:48:55","slug":"11-filipinos-make-it-to-forbes-annual-billionaires-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/11-filipinos-make-it-to-forbes-annual-billionaires-list\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Filipinos make it to Forbes\u2019 annual billionaires list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This 2016, 11 wealthy Filipinos have made it again to the Forbes billionaires list, securing a place in a roll dominated by mostly US-based entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/INFOGRAPHICS_PHBILLILIONAIRES_CNNPH.png\" alt=\"INFOGRAPHICS_PHBILLILIONAIRES_CNNPH\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/INFOGRAPHICS_PHBILLILIONAIRES_CNNPH.png 720w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/INFOGRAPHICS_PHBILLILIONAIRES_CNNPH-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/INFOGRAPHICS_PHBILLILIONAIRES_CNNPH-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>PH BILLIONAIRES. Eleven Filipinos make it to the annual Forbes list, albeit some of them are seen with a decline in fortune. <span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">(Infographic by CNNPhilippines.com)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">With the highest rank among other Filipinos, well-known tycoon Henry Sy of SM Investments Corporation lands at #71 spot with a net worth of $12.9B. He is then followed by chairman emeritus John Gokongwei, Jr. of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., on the #270 spot with a $5B.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Lucio Tan of various industrial conglomerate operations lands at the #380 spot with his $4B net worth. Following Tan at #421 spot is George Ty of GT Capital Holdings, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">David Consunji of DMCI Holdings, Inc., Andrew Tan Jr., of Alliance Global Group, Inc., and Tony Tan Caktiong of Jollibee Foods Corporation are tied in the #569 spot in the Forbes list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">International Container Terminal Services Inc.\u2019s Enrique Razon Jr. places #722 on the list with his $2.4B net worth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Lucio and Susan Co of Puregold Price Club. Inc. lands at the #1121 spot with their $1.6 B net worth. They are at the same spot with Robert Coyiuto Jr., of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and PGA Automobile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Last on the list is former PH senator Manuel Villar, with his $1.3B net worth with business on real estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3.png\" alt=\"border3\" width=\"850\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3.png 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3-300x2.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/billionaires\/list\/#version:static_search:philippines\">forbes.com<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/business\/214-who-s-who\/124492-forbes-world-richest-people-2016\">rappler.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 2016, 11 wealthy Filipinos have made it again to the Forbes billionaires list, securing a place in a roll dominated by mostly US-based entrepreneurs. \u00a0 PH BILLIONAIRES. Eleven Filipinos make it to the annual Forbes list, albeit some of them are seen with a decline in fortune. (Infographic by CNNPhilippines.com) \u00a0 With the highest rank among other Filipinos, well-known tycoon Henry Sy of SM Investments Corporation lands at #71 spot with a net worth of $12.9B. He is then followed by chairman emeritus John Gokongwei, Jr. of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., on the #270 spot with a $5B. Lucio Tan of various industrial conglomerate operations lands at the #380 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/03\/11-Filipino-Billionaires-e1457070518878.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5114,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions\/5114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}