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Maria Socorro Cancio Ramos was born on 23 September 1923 in Santa Cruz, Laguna.She grew up in a rich entrepreneurial family, she began assisting in her parents' shop and her grandmother's market stall at a young age.
Rappler recognised her as one of the 'most inspiring Filipino entrepreneurs' [1] and SunStar considered her as one of the most 'successful Filipino businesswomen'. [2] Dubbed as the 'Most Connected Businesswoman from Asia', [ 3 ] she is an advocate for startups , [ 4 ] women empowerment [ 5 ] and equality.
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]
Diosdado P. Banatao (born May 23, 1946) is a Filipino entrepreneur and engineer working in the high-tech industry, [2] credited with having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transceiver chip, the first system logic chipset for IBM's PC-XT and the PC-AT, and one of the first graphical user interface (GUI) accelerators for personal computers.
Reese Fernandez-Ruiz (born 1985) is a Filipino social entrepreneur and President and Founding Partner of Rags2Riches, a sustainable fashion enterprise established in 2007. [1] The company aims to empower Philippine-based artisans , fashion and home products that follow environmental ethics principles, and alleviate poverty in Payatas , Quezon ...
Jon Ramon Melendez Aboitiz (April 26, 1948 – November 30, 2018) [1] was a Filipino businessman, and president of the Aboitiz & Company Inc. (ACO) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), part of the Aboitiz Group.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr. [1] (December 29, 1931 – March 6, 2024), also known as Joecon, [2] was a Filipino businessman, industrialist, activist, and politician. He was primarily known as the President and COO of RFM Corporation from 1965 to 1986, where he was able to grow and expand it from a flour milling company to a highly diversified conglomerate.
The Path of Entrepreneurship, by the university's Dr. Marites A. Khanser, was launched, and it narrated the "riches-to-rags-to-riches" story of the tai-pan. Gokongwei stated that entrepreneurship is a way out of poverty. Khanser's book also enumerated the Nine Rules of business success [9] that Gokongwei followed since he was still a young ...