Modesta Singson Gaisano is the matriarch of the Gaisano retail empire of Cebu. Resource "A continuing legacy". Freeman.com. Date published: 27 April 2013. Date accessed: 29 April 2013. "Espina:...

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Manuel Gotianuy was the pre-war Republic of China Honorary Consul to Cebu and also elected president of the Cebu Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He founded Cebu Shipyard and Metal Works, Inc. Resource ...

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Don Pedro Lee Gotiaoco was a 19th century “rags-to-riches” Chinese immigrant tycoon, philanthropist and Cebu Chinese community leader. His Chinese name is “Go Bun Tiao” in the Hokkien and pronounced “W...

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Eugenio Moreno Lopez, Jr. was the Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. References: "Eugenio Lopez Jr." Wikipedia. . Date published: 08 Feb 2013. Date accessed: 24 Mar 2013.

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Jose I. Hernandez was the founder of Victory Liner, one of the oldest and largest bus companies in the Philippines. Jose was an entrepreneur with a knack for mechanics. After the war, he collected sp...

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Aniceto Lacson was a sugar farmer, a revolutionary general and a businessman. More here:

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Efigenio Treyes Lizares descended from the old families of Minuluan, now Talisay City. He was a prosperous "patron" with farm holdings and various business interests. He died shortly after the birth of...

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Enrica "Dicang" Alunan-Lizares was the hardworking grand matriarch of the Alunan-Lizares Clan. She was a successful planter and investor and her family had controlling interests in three sugar centrals...

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D. Narciso Padilla y Rosa, originally from Lingayen, Pangasinan, was a rich lawyer and merchant with several businesses and many commercial real estate properties in the Escolta and in the surrounding ...

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Don Joaquín José Elizalde was the patriarch of the Elizalde family and president of Elizalde and Company in the early 1900s. He held interests in sugar, shipping, mining, insurance before the war.

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Don Manolo Diaz-Moreu Elizalde was a member of Manila Polo Club’s winning team. He established the first radio station in the Phlippines, KZRH in 1940 which became the Manila Broadcasting Company. He o...

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Carlos Palanca, Sr. was one of the most prominent Filipino-Chinese or Tsinoy businessmen and philanthropists during the American era. Tan Quin Lay (his Chinese name) immigrated to the Philippines in 18...

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Joaquin Diego Preysler served as the Treasurer of Earnshaw Docks in Manila. He passed away at the age of 34. Sources: "Joaquin Preysler". FamilySearch, Philippines Deaths and Burials, 1726-1957. ...

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Petronilo L. del Rosario and his wife established the "Funeraria Paz" along Calle Pax (now Claro M. Recto) in Manila.

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George Litton Sr. is a businessman who founded the Litton Knitting Mills in the Philippines in 1954.

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Gil Juco Puyat was a Filipino academician-turned-businessman and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972. More here: .

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Gonzalo Puyat left his home in Guagua with his wife in 1906 for a better life in Manila. He founded the "House of Puyat", which became one of the larges furniture manufacturers of the time. The company...

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Raul "Ronnie" Concepcion is the Chairman of Concepcion Industries. He is vocal advocate for consumer rights.

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Jose "JoeCon" Concepcion Jr. is the Chairman of the RFM Corporation. In the 1980s, he created the National Movement for Free Election, which has served as a "watchdog" against electoral fraud. He serve...

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Roman Tanbensiang Ongpin was a Chinese-Filipino businessman, philanthropist, nationalist, and civic citizen in the late 19th century. He served as "primer teniente de mestizos" of Binondo from 1883 to ...

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Simon Onpin sailed from the port of Quanzhou (or Amoy in the Hokkien dialect), China and settled in the Philippines. He established himself as a candle-maker and merchant, growing the business he inher...

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Alfonso Tiburcio Tanbensiang Ongpin was an art connoisseur, gallery owner, Rizalist and Hispanist writer. He owned the famed art supplies store and gallery "Arte". More here: .

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Don Antonio de las Alas was a Filipino public servant, executive, lawyer, miner, lumberman, banker, insurance man and athlete. He served in various government roles: Congressman of the first district o...

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Sixto "Ting" Luna Orosa was the first president of Security Bank and co-founded the Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank.

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Nemesio Isip Yabut attended the National University as a collegiate athlete in basketball and baseball. He then joined the Makati Police force as sergeant; and rose to become a lieutenant and eventuall...

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Paul A. Aquino is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Filipino firm Energy Development Corporation, the largest producer and the only active developer of geothermal energy in the Philippin...

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In her lifetime, Margarita Cuyugan-Oppen owned the Cartimar Market and much of Pasay City.

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Valentin Arrastia y Roncal joined the army at the age of 15. He travelled to Manila as an infantry man aboard the ship "Valencia" on 01 November 1883, two days before his 19th birthday. Valentin acqu...

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JB Preysler served as an executive Vice President of San Miguel Corporation. He opened and managed the Cebu Royal Plant, the first soft drink plant outside Manila, in 1940. Sources: "California P...

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Carlos Preysler y Pérez de Tagle was the executive director of Philippine Airlines and a Board Director for El Banco Español de Manila.

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Vicente "Vic" del Rosario Jr. founded Viva Films, one of the Philippines most successful film studios, in 1981.

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Manuel Bundoc Tinio was the youngest General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army and in 1907, elected Governor of the Province of Nueva Ecija. Aside from being an haciendero with significant land hold...

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Norberto B. Quisumbing, Jr. was once considered one of the most influential people of Cebu. Being the chair and founder of the Cebu-based Norkis Trading Co., Inc. (now Norkis Group of Companies) Mr. Qu...

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Pedro "Pete" Sumulong Cojuangco, a Harvard MBA, was the former president and chief operating officer of the First United Bank (now United Coconut Planters Bank). He was also the chair and president of ...

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Hermenegildo B. Reyes, together with 4 others established the Makati Stock Exchange on 27 May 1963. More here:

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Melecio Estrella Cojuangco was already a successful landowner when he was first called to serve the public. He was the Representative of Tarlac at the First Congress in 1907. More here: .

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The lore: Ysidra "Sidra" Estrella Cojuangco had a love affair with General Antonio Luna, a fiery officer who fought the wars against Spain and the United States. Over the years, the general brought cas...

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Manuel "Manoling" Murphy Cojuangco is a prominent Filipino businessman, educated at the Asian Institute of Management. He is involved in pearl farming and orchid growing. He is also sits on the board o...

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Jose Chichioco Cojuangco was a former Representative of the 1st district of Tarlac in the Philippines. He was active in politics from 1931 to 1946. In 1958, he purchased the "Hacienda Luisita", the sec...

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Placido Lizares Mapa was a sugar industry executive in the 1930s, comfortable in English and trained in high finance. He engineered the acquisition of sugar mills for his family's holdings in Bacolod d...

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Don Perpetuo Agoncillo and Doña Fidela Marasigan de Agoncillo were a prominent couple from Taal, Batangas in the mid to late 1800s. Both hailed from landed families and had eleven children. Don Perpetu...

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Mariano Antonio "Maning" Hidalgo Laurel served as president of the Philippine Banking Corporation.

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Antonio Arnaiz was born to a haciendero family of prominence in Bais, Negros Oriental. He studied at the Dallas Aviation School. In 1936, Colonel Arnaiz, together with Juan Calvo, made the pioneering M...

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Don Ramon Uychuico Cojuangco was the first Filipino President of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company. More here:

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Josie Almeda Cruz-Natori is a Filipina fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company. More here:

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Anacleto Sales Del Rosario was a leading Filipino chemist during the Spanish Period and was considered the Father of Philippine Laboratory Science. He founded the Botica San Fernando in Binondo and the...

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Conchita Chuidian Sunico was crowned Miss Philippines at the 1935 Manila Carnival and is remembered as high society's "It Girl" before WWII. She founded Karilagan International to promote Philippine fa...

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Rafael Igoa (or Ygoa) was inducted into De La Salle University's Sports Hall of Fame, for his achievement on the soccer field. He served as President and CEO of Philippine Airlines from October 1963 to...

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Don Jose Angco, a wealthy trader, built a house in 1830 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, as his daughter Estefancia's dowry on her marriage to Gregorio Syquia. This heritage site is now called the "Syquia Mansion".

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Gregorio R. Syquia was a steward of vast royal lands in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, during the Spanish colonial period. He served as the Gobernadorcillo de Vigan from 1896 to 1898. Don Gregorio was decorated by...

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Judge Antonio Rivera Quirino was a distinguished judiciary and civil government official and businessman. He negotiated and effected the surrender of Luis Taruc, the founder of Hukbalahap Movement, and...

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Mariano Duterte Pañares was a Filipino businessman who amassed his wealth from trading copra and tobacco. In 1878, he built Casa Pañares -- now a protected heritage site. More here:

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Gervacio Unson was a businessman with vast coconut holdings in Pagsanjan and Lucena. He was among the Philippine Islands Delegates to the St. Louis Exposition, the 1st Exposition of the 20th century. M...

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Armand V. Fabella was a Filipino businessman and educator. He served in various capacities under four presidents – Marcos, Macapagal. Aquino and Ramos. More here:

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Vicente Fernandez Fabella was an accomplished CPA and the founder of the precursor of the present-day Jose Rizal University in 1919. .

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- General Manager, La Estrella del Norte. -- brought in from France together with the Levy Brothers from Alsace, France as well. - Identified in the book "The Builders of Philippines Commerce" as "th...

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Ariston Limpingco Bautista was a doctor, banker, philanthropist, and member of the Malolos Congress. He founded the Germinal Cigar and Cigarette Company. More here: .

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Vicente Rufino, in his youth, was the King Consort to the 1926 Manila Carnival Queen. He was among the incorporators of the Eastern Theatrical Company in 1934, which was engaged in the operating theate...

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Dr. Ramon R. Papa was a member of Quezon’s Philippine Independence Mission to Washington DC. He owned drug stores, haciendas, a gold mining firm in central Luzon, among others.

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Fernando Hofileña Lopez was a pioneering Filipino industrialist in the fields of sugar, publishing, broadcasting, transportation and power utilities. He was a Filipino statesman who served as the Vice-...

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Eugenio Hofileña Lopez was a pioneering Filipino industrialist in the fields of sugar, publishing, broadcasting, transportation and power utilities. In his youth, he was the King Consort to the 1923 Ma...

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Antonio "Tony Boy" Ongsiako Cojuangco is a businessman with interests in media and telecommunications. More here: .

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Ramon Caro founded RamCar Inc in 1919. His automotive electrical shop in Manila grew to become the country's largest automotive battery factory. More here: .

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Mauro Gorricho Prieto was a successful executive of La Germinal , the leading cigar factory in the Philippines, and was the president of Congreso Agricola de Filipinas .

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Ramon Pardo Roces achieved much success as the publisher of the Liwayway and its affiliate publications.

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Tomas Gavino Noguera Earnshaw is a naval engineer, industrialist and public servant. He was co-founders in Manuel Earnshaw & Company and Earnshaw Shipways and Engineering Company; and held management p...

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Manuel Noguera Earnshaw was a wealthy businessman and statesman. He was the head of Manuel Earnshaw & Company, a leading shipbuilder and boiler maker. He was elected a Resident Commissioner to the Unit...

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Alberto Blanco Barretto was a lawyer, public servant and nationalist. He served as a judge and Secretary of Finance. He held interests in private businesses, such as the Philippine Development Corporat...

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Mariano Nolasco Limjap was a prominent businessman, a patriot, and a philanthropist. He financed the activities of the revolutionary Katipunan, served as a member of the Revolutionary Congress and was ...

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Antonio de Urbina de Ayala was the co-founder of Casa Roxas, later Ayala y Compañia or popularly known as Ayala y Cia. The company was the progenitor of today's Ayala Corporation. More here: .

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Fernando Barcon Zobel de Ayala is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ayala Corporation. More here: .

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Jaime Fitz Zobel de Ayala, is a prominent Filipino businessman and is current chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation. More here: .

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Iñigo Urquijo Zobel is the CEO E. Zobel Inc, among many board posts. He is one of the ten richest Filipinos in 2010. More here: .

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Enrique Jacobo Emilio Olgado Zobel was a prominent Filipino businessman, banker, sportsman, philanthrophist and a columnist of Businessworld. More here: .

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Trinidad Roxas de Ayala was a businesswoman who inherited Ayala y Compañia from her parents. She displayed acute business acumen by guiding the company into banking and real estate development, despite...

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Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montojo (1924–1984) was a Hispano-Filipino businessman, patron of the arts and talented Filipino painter. More here: .

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Enrique Zobel de Ayala consolidated his father’s firm and expands into many other business fields: the pharmaceuticals-sector, the porcelain and glass sector, banking and insurance sector, the field of...

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Jacobo Zangroniz Zobel was a mayor of Manila, a polyglot academician, a world renowned numismatist, a pharmacist, a construction magnate, and a successful businessman. More here: .

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Dr. Johannes Andreas Zobel was a German pharmacist who moved to Manila and established the first chemical laboratory of the Philippines in 1834. He is the earliest known patriarch of the Zobel Clan.

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Andres Roxas Soriano was an entrepreneur, philanthropist and statesman. His business interests include San Miguel Brewery, Magnolia, Cola-Cola Philippines, Philippine Airlines. More here: .

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Pedro Pablo "Perico" de Castro Roxas was a financier, industrialist, civic worker and the first capitalist and manager of San Miguel Corporation. He was considered one of the richest men of the Philipp...

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