Filipino businessman and politician ranks 14th of the Philippine Richest

Born December 13, 1949. A Filipino businessman and politician. He is formerly a Philippine Senator, and the incumbent president of the Nacionalista Party.

Manuel Villar
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
As of August 2014

Age 64
Source Of Wealth: Real estate
Residence: Philippines
Citizenship: Philippines
Marital Status: Married
Children 3

As a kid, helped mom sell seafood in Manila market. Studied hard, became financial analyst. Saved 10,000 pesos to start company. His publicly traded Starmalls up big (see intro). Another gainer: mansion builder Vista Land & Lifescapes, run by his son, Paolo. Active in politics. Current senator. Onetime presidential candidate.

Source: Forbes

Villar was born to a poor family in Tondo, an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila.[1][2][3][4][5] After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst, then launched a highly successful business in real estate. The number of homes built by Villar's companies has totaled to over 200,000 units, and his business career made him one of the country's wealthiest persons.

Source: Wikipedia

Wow! From humble beginnings to one of the country's wealthiest person.

Son of a Sidewalk Vendor made it to a Billionaire, 16th Philippines Richest

Get to know your very own billionaire and the business this person is in to. There's much to learn with this successful man in the Philippine market.

Alfredo Yao
Net Worth: $1 Billion
As of August 2014

Age 70
Source Of Wealth: Diversified, Self Made
Residence: Philippines
Citizenship: Philippines
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Skyrockets up the list to billionaires' club after additional insight on fortune. Executed a backdoor listing of Macay Holdings, a bottling and beverage company, last October. Fortune also in juice maker Zest-O, which Yao founded in 1980. Has a stake in Philippine Business Bank.

Source: Forbes

This man is the Founder of Zest-O Corporation.

Yao became a breadwinner at an early age after his father died when he was only 12 years old. He is the eldest of the six children, being penniless, he started to work to help the family because his mother’s earnings as a sidewalk vendor could not support their needs. He would accompany his mother to Chinese gambling dens to sell. He hardly finished his elementary and high school education but with the help of a relative, he completed it. He went to the Mapua Institute of Technology for college but had to leave after two years. Later on, he was still able to earn his degree in Engineering under the same institute and got his doctorate degree in Business Administration Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Yao worked hard and did odd jobs such as working in a warehouse of a packaging company. At that time, one of his cousins was working in a printing press and had the chance to visit the work place several times. And there he saw the potential market in the packaging business and decided to invest. It was the birth of Solemar Commercial Press, named after his mother.

Source: Wikipedia