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Bill Gates

- American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. -the richest person in the world, with a net worth of over $77 billion -co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company, with Paul Allen.

Steve Jobs

- American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc

Larry Ellison

- American programmer, internet entrepreneur, adventurer, businessman and philanthropist. -Oracle founder and CEO -Chief Executive Officer of the software company Oracle Corporation between its foundation in 1977 and 2014 -2014, he was listed by Forbes as the third-wealthiest.

Lucio Tan

- Asia Brewery, Tanduay Holdings and Fortune Tobacco - Century Park Hotel

Magic Johnson

- Basketball star who founded Magic Johnson Enterprises, investing in media and real estate -retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons

Ben Chan

- Chinese Filipino mogul who is the mastermind behind Bench

Andrew Tan

- Chinese Filipino tycoon with commercial welfares in real estate, alcohol and fast food - Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) - Mega world Corporation, Emperador Distillers, Inc. and Golden Arches Development Corporation

Ma Yun / Jack Ma

- Chinese business magnate who is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a conglomerate of Internet-based businesses - 2nd in Fortune's 2017 "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" list

Vera Ellen Wang

- Founder of Vera Wang Fashions, one of the most successful designers in history -an American fashion designer based in New York City and former figure skater. She is known for her wide range of haute couture bridesmaid gowns and wedding gown collections, as well as for her clientele of elite lady figure skaters, designing dresses for competitions and exhibition

Sergey Brin

- Google co-founder listed as the 21st wealthiest person in the world -a native of Moscow, received a bachelor of science degree with honors in mathematics and computer science from the University of Maryland at College Park -is currently on leave from the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford University, where he received his master's degree

John Gokongwei Jr.

- JG Holdings - Universal Corn Products changed to Universal Robina Corporation - Cebu Pacific

Tony Tan Caktiong

- Jollibee

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.

Magic Johnson Full Name

Cecilio Kwok Pedro

- Lamoiyan Corporation - used to head Aluminum Container Inc., which produced the aluminum toothpaste tubes for Procter and Gamble, Philippine Refining Company (now Unilever), and Colgate-Palmolive

Henry Sy

- Shoe Mart - SM Investments Organization, SM Prime Holdings, Banco de Oro Universal Bank

Elon Musk

- South African-born, Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor -Internet mogul who founded Paypal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors -CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and chief product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity. He is the founder of SpaceX and a cofounder of Paypal, Inc., Tesla Motors, and Zip2

Jerry Yang

- Taiwanese-born American internet entrepreneur, engineer, the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.

Alfredo M. Yao

- Zest-O - Zest Air

Michael Saul Dell

- an American businessman and entrepreneur -Founder and CEO of Dell Computers, worth $24 billion. -listed as one of 2009 Forbes Billionaires

Mark Zuckerberg

- an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur -Facebook founder worth over $47 billion. Takes a salary of one dollar -best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook -chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc

Ted Turner

- an American media mogul and philanthropist - Media billionaire and founder of TBS - is known as founder of the Cable News Network more popularly known as CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel -he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television

Richard Branson

- an English businessman and investor. -Billionaire and founder of Virgin Group, comprising over 400 companies -At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business.

Diosdado Banatao

- commissioned by Seeq Technologies - pilot-trainee at the Philippines Airlines or PAL - his own company, Monstroni - Chips and Technology

Walt Disney

- first original character creation was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but it was officially owned by Universal Pictures because he was working under contract at the time. When Walt walked out on Universal Pictures after getting a pay cut, he needed to create a replacement, which is how Mickey Mouse came into being.

Rajo Laurel

- house of Laurel in Makati - fashion designer, artist and also a businessperson

Oprah Winfrey

- richest African American of the 21st century -the most influential woman in the world

Carlos Slim

-a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist -Mexican telecommunicatons giant previously believed to be the richest man in the world. -Known as the "Warren Buffett of Mexico"

William Henry "Bill" Gates III

Bill Gates full name

Corazon D. Ong

CDO Foodsphere

Carlos Slim Helú

Carlos Slim Full Name

Elon Reeve Musk

Elon Musk Full Name

Gregorio G. Sanchez Jr.

LactoPAFI Probiotic Bacteria

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison

Larry Ellison Full Name

Mariano Que

Mercury Drugstores

Socorro C. Ramos

National Bookstore

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

Richard Branson Full Name

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III

Ted Turner Full Name

George Yang

established the McDonald's Philippines

J.K. Rowling

household name for fans of the beloved Harry Potter book series, but she wasn't always gifted with magic.


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