MANILA – “Life has been good to me,” Mr. Gokongwei told over the 1,000 guests who packed the Gokongwei-owned Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ortigas Center. “I want to give back the blessings that I have received.”
A strong believer in “sharing and giving back”, one of the 7 billionaires in the Philippines, Mr. John L. Gokongwei Jr. celebrated his 80th birthday last August 11, 2006 with surprises worth in several billion pesos. “He stands tall, as no other Filipino Taipan has done this much for the Filipinos,” quoted by one observer.
Amongst families, friends and business
associates, Mr. Gokongwei thanked the people who supported and contributed to
his success. He furthered showed his gratitude by donating one-half of his
personal shareholdings in the JG Summit Holdings – equivalent to a staggering
P10.25 billion to charity.
Barely 19 years old, Mr. Gokongwei put up
his own company, importing textile remnants and old clothing from the United States.
At 30, he turned his attention to food manufacturing and thus was born
Universal Robina Corporation.
Indeed life has been good for Mr. Gokongwei.
Starting with a rusty bicycle in hand and without a capital after the war, he
built the biggest holding company in the Philippines today – JG Summit
Holdings, Inc.
His empire, known as JG Summit Holdings,
Inc. (JGHI), is now involved in real estate development, branded consumers
foods, agro-industrial and commodity food products, textile,
telecommunications, petrochemicals, air transportation and financial services.
Today, JG Summit’s presence is felt in countless Southeast Asian countries.
Proving to be pioneers and leaders on the
market, Gokongwei-owned real estate company, Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC)
is one of the Philippines’
leading real estate companies involved in the development and operation of
shopping malls, hotels as well as residential homes and High-Rise condominiums
all over the country.
To date, Robinsons Land is the Philippines’
property developer of choice. And by addressing the needs and wants of the
market, all the projects of RLC continued to be well received and trusted by
Filipinos who live and work overseas.
With the overwhelming demand from
Filipino Americans/Baby Boomers in the United States, RLC regularly holds
international road shows as venue to introduce new residential condominiums
that suits Fil-Am’s needs.A series of Road Shows will once again be held in the
United Sates from September to November. The International Marketing Group of
RLC will introduce their newest condo – East of Galleria, a development located
at the heart of the Ortigas Business District and Mall Capital of the Philippines.
Know more about East of Galleria and visit the
following road shows: New Jersey and Panorama City, CA on
Oct.15; San Francisco, San
Diego and Toronto, Canada - all on Oct. 21-22; Hawaii
on Oct 28-29; Chicago on Nov. 4-5; New Jersey on Nov.
11-12 and Virginia
on Nov. 18-19.
For inquiries, please log on to
www.robinsonsusa.com or call 1866-401-4441.
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