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Robert La Rue Stewart [1] (November 19, 1918 – April 6, 2006), popularly known in the Philippines as "Uncle Bob", was an American entrepreneur, TV personality, radio and TV producer in the Philippines. He founded GMA Network Inc. on June 14, 1950. Stewart came to the Philippines in 1943 as a war correspondent for United Press (UP). He fell in ...
Henry H. Sy and Tan O Sia - Adrian Sy & Encarnacion Sy (Garcia) Mausoleum, Manila Chinese Cemetery Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. (/ s iː /; Chinese: 施 至 成; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si Chì-sêng; pinyin: Shī Zhìchéng; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄕ ㄓˋ ㄔㄥˊ; [3] October 15, 1924 – January 19, 2019) was a Filipino businessman.
Felix Tiu (born Felicito Hupan Tiu on October 29, 1955, in Iloilo City, Philippines) is a Filipino–Chinese businessman, investor, and entrepreneur.Since 2010, he has been chairman of the Iloilo City Trade and Investment Board (ICTIPB) [1] and the CEO and founder of Eon Group of Companies which holds the first waterpark in the Visayas, and the first to run solar-powered in the Philippines ...
Calata Corporation was ordered to be delisted by the Philippine Stock Exchange on November 3, 2017 for violations of PSE Disclosure and Delisting Rules. [6] [7] [8] [9]On April 14, 2015, the Bureau of Internal Revenue filed a case against Joseph Calata for failure to supply correct and accurate information in his annual income tax return for 2011 with a tax liability of ₱144.49 million. [10]
Tan Caktiong was born on January 5, 1953 in the then-undivided province of Davao (in now Davao del Sur) to Chinese immigrant parents from Fujian. [6] His father worked in a restaurant in China and as a cook in a Buddhist monastery in Manila before setting up his restaurant in Davao City. [7]
Gilberto "Jimmy" Roy Duavit Jr. (born October 16, 1963) [1] is a Filipino businessman, philanthropist, producer, and writer. He is the president and chief executive officer of GMA Network Inc., one of the largest media networks in the Philippines.
Sia was born in Iloilo City in 1977 and grew up in Roxas City, the eldest of three siblings having parents from both Capiz and Iloilo. [5] He was nicknamed "Injap", a portmanteau of "Intsik" (the Filipino/Tagalog term for Chinese) and "Japanese"; as his father, Edgar Sr., is a Chinese Filipino, while his mother, the former Pacita Jaruda, is a Japanese Filipina (Japanese surname Haruda, 春田).
He was born to Chan Lib and See Ying who emigrated to the Philippines. [6] His parents established Liwayway Marketing as a supplier of starch, flour and coffee. His brother, Carlos would expand the family business to include snack foods founding Liwayway Marketing China a company which produces Oishi products. Chan himself would learn interior ...