Homework for June 22, 2011. :)

Successful Enterpreneurs in the Philippines. :) 

RADS SY 

Rads Sy is considered to be one of the successful Filipino entrepreneurs. He is amongst the top most distributors of Resensa Green Iced Tea, direct marketing company and the flagship product of Harmonde. These days Rads works for sometimes, maybe for four hours in a day and it has been reported that he usually works via cell phone for doing the business. It is known that he usually helps his wife in teaching the kinds under a home study program and spends quality time with his family. It has been reported that his wife will give birth to the third child and they will move to the big house.

John Gokongwei 

He is the chairman of JG Summit Holdings, one of largest conglomerates in the Philippines. In 2005, his company spent $700 million of internally generated funds which was used to buy new aircraft for his airline, Cebu Pacific Air. From 2003 up to the present his telecom company Digitel Telecommunications Philippines spent nearly $800 million for its mobile carrier, Sun Cellular which is the 3rd largest mobile operator in the Philippines as of 2008. He is currently negotiating a $1 billion takeover of UIC a property giant from Singapore of which he owns in excess of 30%.UIC controls Singapore Land, one of the biggest property landlord in Singapore. Gokongwei also owns Universal Robina Corporation, one of the largest manufacturer of snacks in the Philippines. He also controls Robinsons Land one of the biggest property developers in the Philippines which also operates a chain of malls.Lily MonteverdeLily Monteverde has produced nearly 300 films in the Philippines since the early 1960s. She operated Regal Films, in the Philippines for many years. In August 1996 she invested much of her substantial wealth into hotels in Quezon City. She opened the Imperial Palace Suits on the site of an old gasoline station at the corner of Tomas Morato and Timog avenues in Quezon. In 2000, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Cinemanila International Film Festival. --Lisette. :)