For Grade 11- Entrep

1. MOST SUCCESSFUL
ENTREPRENEURS

2. Jack Ma
Chinese entrepreneur
(Alibata)
Jack Ma, originally Ma Yun,
Chinese entrepreneur who was head
of the Alibaba Group, which comprised several of China's
most popular Web sites, including the business-to-
business marketplace Alibaba.com and the shopping site
Taobao.com.

3. Bill Gates
(Microsoft)
William Henry Gates III,
American computer
programmer and entrepreneur who cofounded
Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest
personal-computer software company.

4. Jeff Bezoz
(Amazon.com)
Jeffrey Preston Bezos,
American entrepreneur who
played a key role in the growth
of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer
of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of books and
later of a wide variety of products. Under his guidance,
Amazon became the largest retailer on the World Wide
Web and the model for Internet sales.

5. TOP 10 ENTREPRENEURS
IN THE PHILIPPINES

6. 1. Henry Sy (Shoe Mart)
Henry Sy grew up in Jinjang,
Xiamen, China, in a low-
income household. Due to
the challenges in their home
country, they moved to the
Philippines in 1936 and
opened a tiny convenience
shop in Manila.

7. 2. Tony Tan Caktiong
(Jollibee Foods)
Tony Tan Caktiong, another Chinese
immigrant, is the brains behind this
popular food chain. His family
maintained a Chinese restaurant in
Manila at the time, which enabled him to
finish college.
He bought an ice cream shop in 1975, but owing to low sales, he
decided to add other items such as fried chicken, fries, and burgers.
Customers came to the store to buy his products after word spread
in his area.

8. 3. Socorro Ramos
(National Book Store)
Socorro Ramos began her
career in publishing and retail
as a salesgirl in a bookshop.
With a capital of PHP200, she
and her husband launched
National Book Store in Escolta
at the age of 19, selling books
and school supplies to
children..

9. 4. John Gokongwei Jr.
(J.G. Holdings)
Born in China, John Gokongwei Jr.
was the heir to one of Cebu’s
wealthiest families.
When his father died, however, the
family fortune evaporated and he
had to support his family by peddling
goods from his bicycle in the streets
of Cebu. He then began to trade by
boat and truck until he began
importing from the United States.

10. 5. Edgar Sia
(Mang Inasal)
Sia, who is native to Iloilo City,
dropped out of college at the age of
19 to start his own laundry and
photo-developing business. Sia, then
26 years old, decided to launch the
fast-food restaurant Mang Inasal –
meaning “Mr Barbecue” in his native
Hiligaynon – in 2003. In his
hometown, the first branch was
erected in a mall parking lot.

11. 6. Mariano Que
(Mercury Drug)
Following WWII, Mariano Que
discovered a commercial opportunity.
Que, who had worked at a local
drugstore before the war, opened his
own drugstore when he noticed the
demand for sulfa, a type of antibiotic
used to treat bacterial illnesses.
Mercury Drug was named after the Roman god Mercury, who was
known for his speed as well as for originating the medical
industry’s symbol, the caduceus. He helped the company grow
over time, and it is today one of the best-known drugstores in the
country.

12. 7. Cresida Tueres
(Greenwich Pizza)
Greenwich began as a modest
over-the-counter pizza shop in
Greenhills in 1971, founded by
Cresida Tueres. Tueres had a natural talent for cooking; her
friends and family were so taken with her food that they
supported her in developing her humble shop into a
national franchise.

13. 8. Cecilio Kwok Pedro
(Lamoiyan Corporation)
The story of Cecilio Kwok Pedro is
a classic example of Filipino
entrepreneurial spirit overcoming
the odds.
Pedro was once the president of Aluminum Container Inc., a
company that made aluminium toothpaste tubes for Procter &
Gamble, the Philippine Refining Company (now Unilever), and
Colgate-Palmolive. His clientele, however, switched to plastic-
laminated toothpaste tubes due to environmental concerns.
Aluminum Container Inc. went out of business in 1986.

14. 9. Alfredo M Yao
(Zest-O)
Alfredo Yao’s father died when
he was 12; his mother supported
him and his siblings by working as a street vendor. Yao was
able to attend college at the Mapa Institute of Technology
thanks to the help of a family member, but did not
complete it.

15. 10. Gregorio Sanchez Jr
(LactoPAFI)
Another rags-to-riches story is the
story of Gregorio Sanchez Jr. The narrative of
how he managed to beat all odds and survive poverty is
truly an inspiring one. Today, aside from being a reputable
politician, he also is known to be the inventor and the
founder of the LactoPAFI corporation

17. Thank
You!