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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.
In 1996, Gokongwei was tasked by his father to take on the challenge of building a new low-cost airline, Cebu Pacific Air. [13] In February 1998, two years after the company's inception, Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashed into a mountainside, killing all 104 people aboard. At the time, it was the nation's worst air disaster.
Cebu Air, Inc. (PSE: CEB), operating as Cebu Pacific (stylized in lowercase), is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Pasay in Metro Manila. Founded in 1988, [ 2 ] the airline was the first low-cost carrier in Asia and is also the largest airline in the Philippines.
Key subsidiaries include Universal Robina and Cebu Pacific. Incorporated in November 1990, JG Summit Holdings was founded by John Gokongwei Jr., one of the wealthiest individuals in Southeast Asia. [2] In 2010, JGSHI was one of the ten most profitable companies on the Philippine Stock Exchange. [3]
Lucio Chua Tan Sr. (traditional Chinese: 陳 永 栽; simplified Chinese: 陈 永 栽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Éng-chai; pinyin: Chén Yǒngzāi; born July 17, 1934) is a Filipino billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
Founded as Island Transvoyager. Alphaland Aviation: 0A BIC BALESIN Clark Manila: 2015 Bangsamoro Airways: Cotabato: 2024 Cebgo: DG SRQ BLUE JAY Cebu Manila: 1995 Founded as South East Asian Airlines. Operates as Cebu Pacific. PAL Express: 2P GAP AIRPHIL Manila Cebu Clark Davao Zamboanga: 1995 Founded as Air Philippines and commenced operations ...
Founded: Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines 1834; 191 years ago () Founders: Domingo Róxas ... AirSWIFT (sold to Cebu Pacific in October 2024)
The company was founded on September 28, 1954 by John Gokongwei, Jr. [6] under the name Universal Corn Products (UCP) after Gokongwei decided to construct a corn milling plant to produce glucose and cornstarch. In 1961, Consolidated Food Corporation (later known as CFC Corporation) was established.