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Antonio Floirendo, Sr. (November 20, 1915 – June 29, 2012) was a Filipino entrepreneur and landowner whose main business was his 6000-hectare banana plantation in Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines, earning him the title as the "banana king" during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
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]
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 ...
Robinsons Malls is one of the largest shopping malls and retail operators in the Philippines. [1] It was incorporated on September 9, 1997, by entrepreneur John Gokongwei Jr. to develop, conduct, operate and maintain the Robinsons commercial shopping centers and all related businesses, such as the lease of commercial spaces within the compound of shopping centers.
He held various positions in the Aboitiz Group, including chairman and CEO of Davao Light & Power Co., Inc.; Chairman of Visayan Electric Company (VECO) and Aboitiz Jebsen Bulk Transport Corporation; [7] Vice Chairman of Aboitiz Power Corporation (APC) and Union Bank of the Philippines; and Director of International Container Terminal Services ...
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 ...
Liwayway Holdings Company Limited, doing business as Oishi (/ oʊ ˈ w ɪ ʃ iː / OH-wih-SHEE), is a snack company based in the Philippines. [1] Its headquarters are in Pasay in Metro Manila. [2] As of 2018, it is headed by Carlos Chan. [3] In China, the company is known as Oishi Shanghaojia (上好佳OISHI). [4]
The first J.CO opened on 26 June 2005. In four months, the outlet made money and continued growing. On its eighth year, J.CO had 120 outlets in Indonesia, 12 in Malaysia and the Philippines, 4 in Singapore and 2 in Hong Kong. [1] J.CO is the fastest growing donut and coffee chain in Indonesia with 236 stores opened since 2005.