Henry Sy continues to reign as the richest Filipino with his whooping $11.4 billion income as of March 2014. The SM top-honcho bested other candidates on the world’s most prestige billionaire’s list.
Lucio Tan, the owner of Asia Brewery and Fortune Tobacco was placed on the second spot with his $6.1 billion net income followed by by Alliance Global owner, Andrew Tan with $4.7 billion earnings.
Next in line is port and casino firm owner, Enrique Razon Jr. with $4.2 billion income while Cebu Pacific’s John Gokongwei, Jr. was placed on the fifth spot with $3.9 billion.
Emerging on the sixth spot is the construction firm owner, David Consunji of DMCI with $3.3 billion net worth. Landing on the 7th spot is Metrobank’s top-honcho, George Ty with $2.3 income as of March 2014.
Placing on the eight place is the restaurant mogul Tony Tan Caktiong $1.7. He is the owner of Philippine’s largest fast-food chain, Jollibee and other franchise of Greenwich, Chowking and Pizza.
Robert Coyiuto, Jr., the owner of Prudential Guarantee and Assurance lands on the 9th place with $1.5 billion net worth. He is the owner PGA Cars which distributes cars like Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley in the Philippines.
Lastly, the founder Philippine-based real-estate firm, the Filinvest Development by Andrew Gotianun was placed on the tenth spot with $1 billion income as of March 2014.
Here’s Forbes Magazine’s Top 10 Richest People in the Philippines for 2014:
- Henry Sy $11.4B
- Lucio Tan $6.1B
- Andrew Tan $4.7B
- Enrique Razon, Jr. $4.2 B
- John Gokongwei, Jr. $3.9 B
- David Consunji $3.3 B
- George Ty $2.3 B
- Tony Tan Caktiong $1.7 B
- Robert Coyiuto, Jr. $1.5 B
- Andrew Gotianun $1 B
Source: http://philnews.ph/2014/03/04/forbes-2014-top-10-richest-people-in-the-philippines/
