John Gokongwei, Jr.
REAL TIME NET WORTH — as of 4/19/17
$6.1 B
John Gokongwei Jr. is the founder of JG Summit, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with interests in air transportation, banking, food, hotels, power, chemicals, real estate, and telecommunications. The Gokongwei family also has interests in Robinson Retail Holdings, the Philippines second-largest multi-format retailer, and Universal Robina Corp, one of the country’s largest food and beverage companies. Gokongwei started a cornstarch plant in 1957. Gokongwei’s brother James Go chairs JG Summit. Gokongwei’s only son Lance is president, his eldest daughter Robina is president of Robinsons Retail and his daughter Lisa runs Summit Media.
Source:forbes