TOP ENTREPRENEURS
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.
