Tony Tan Caktiong (simplified Chinese: 陈觉中; Chinese: 陳覺中; pinyin: Chén Juézhōng; Pe̍h- ōe-jī: Tân Kak-tiong; birthed January 5, 1953) is a Filipino-Chinese business owner. He is the owner, chairman and also Chief Executive Officer of the Filipino junk food chain Jollibee.
Early profession and education
Tan was birthed to Chinese immigrant moms and dads from Fujian. He went to secondary school at Chiang Kai Shek University and also finished from the College of Santo Tomas with a level in chemical . Tan had actually originally intended shop when he started Jollibee, after that included meals such as burgers, french fries, as well as fried hen.
Jollibee
Tan established the junk food chain Jollibee in 1978, after having actually begun it as shop in 1975. Via growth and also purchases of Greenwich Pizza Corp. which allowed it to go into the pizza-pasta section. In very early 2006, Jollibee Foods Corp. got the staying shares of its companions in Greenwich Pizza Firm, to a 20% , for P384 million in money. Since August 2008, Tan’s Jollibee has a total amount of 1,480 shops around the world consisting of Jollibee, Red Bow, Chowking, Greenwich, Manong Pepe’s, Mang Inasal as well as Tita Frita’s Uling Uling.
Since November 2015, Forbes approximated his total assets at US$ 2.6 billion.
Honors
Business owner Of The Year Philippines, 2004
Ernst as well as Youthful Business owner of the Year Globe, 2004
It is according to Wikipedia.