Local Entrepreneurs

Lucio Tan is a prominent Chinese Filipino business magnate and is one of the most prominent business magnates in the Philippines. He, as of 2011, is currently the second richest businessman in the country, holding a networth of $2.3 billion.

List of known companies:

• Asia Brewery, the 2nd largest brewer in the Philippines, with a 10% share of the Philippine market.
• Tanduay Holdings, one of the world's largest rum makers.
• Fortune Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in the country.
• Philippine Airlines, the Philippines' Number 1 Airline and Aviation Company and Asia's FIRST Airline
• University of the East one of the most financially stable universities in the Philippines in terms of assets.
• Philippine National Bank, the 5th largest bank in the country.
• Allied Bank, the Philippines' 8th largest lender (Merged with Philippine National Bank).
• Eton Properties Philippines, the global real estate brand of the Lucio Tan Group.
• Allied Savings Bank, Subsidiary bank of Allied Banking Corporation and one of the most stable savings bank in the Philippines in terms of assets.
• Autonomous Jeep Organization, world's largest distributor of autonomous jeeps

To date, Lucio Tan's Group of Companies provides jobs to 50,000 people. To these employees, Lucio Tan is simply known as 'Kapitan'.

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Eduardo Murphy "Danding" Cojuangco, Jr. is an influential Filipino tycoon and powerbroker. He is the chief executive of San Miguel Corporation (PSE: SMC), the Philippines' largest food and beverage conglomerate. He has tried his hands in politics, running for president once but eventually losing to Fidel V. Ramos. He almost entered the presidential race again a few years after his loss but later withdrew. Cojuangco has since played only supporting roles in government, successfully fielding candidates for national and local elections and endorsing political appointees. He is often called asThe Man of the Earth.

He is dubbed as one of the country's most influential people as mentioned in the Philippine Tatler's list of Who's Who of the Philippines.

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Edgar Sia II engaged in business at twenty years of age. He opened the first branch in December 2003 at the Robinson's Mall Carpark-Iloilo.

By 2009, Mang Inasal opened one hundred stores.

In 2003, he opened Mang Inasal. The restaurant was instantly successful that it spread throughout most of the Visayas, to Mindanao, and then Metro Manila. It applied for franchise a couple of years later.^[1]

In October of 2010, 70% of Mang Inasal was acquired by Jollibee Foods Corporation for P3 billion ($68.8 million).