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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.
Robina Gokongwei-Pe (born July 15, 1962) is a Filipino businesswoman who is currently chairman of Robinsons Retail Holdings. [1] She is the daughter of late tycoon John Gokongwei and Elizabeth Yu-Gokongwei.
Gokongwei was born in Manila as the second of six children. His father, John Gokongwei, established JG Summit Holdings Inc., while his mother, Elizabeth, was a founding member of Robinsons Department Store. [5] He went to Xavier School until the second year of high school. He then finished his last two years of high school in Singapore. [6]
In 1981, Lacson was a Lieutenant Colonel with the PC-Metrocom, when he led a team that rescued now-tycoon Robina Gokongwei-Pe, daughter of businessman John Gokongwei Jr., from a kidnap-for-ransom gang. Robina's family offered Lacson and his team a reward, but Lacson declined it, as part of his no-take policy.
Yvette Fernandez is a children's book author based in Manila, Philippines. [1] [2]She is the chief of editorial content at Robb Report Philippines. [3] Previously, she was Chief Storyteller of the Gokongwei Group, the editorial director of Esquire Philippines and editor in chief of the now out-of-print Town&Country Philippines. [4]
Like his older brother, John has chosen a life outside the public eye. On The Drew Barrymore Show in 2021, Heaton shared one of her parenting fails when John attended a two-week music camp.
Email sent to parents. On January 29, several days after chatter about deportations allegedly spread at school, the district sent out an email to parents addressing President Donald Trump’s new ...
The family's retail business began during the 1970s, when a shop-restaurant was established by Doña Modesta Singson-Gaisano with husband, Don Jose Sy Gaisano, located at the ground floor in a rented house in Colon, Cebu.