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Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation:; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008.
Sep 21, 2023 · The Chairman of Vista Land & Lifescapes, Starmalls, Inc., and Golden Bria Holdings, Inc., Villar's rise to the top of the country's richest list is unprecedented. Here's everything we know about Manny Villar.
Manny Villar: At Home in His Empire. Tycoon Manuel B. Villar, Jr. is undoubtedly one of the fathers of the Philippine property industry. But he stands out because his is an empire he himself built from scratch or to put in more specifically, out of a single red truck for gravel and sand.
Manny Villar became the housing industry leader, and the biggest homebuilder in Southeast Asia, having built more than 100,000 houses for the poor and middle class Filipino families. He then initiated mass housing projects to achieve economies of scale.
Manny Villar is the first post-war public official who became both Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President. He is the President of the Nacionalista Party—the country’s grandest political party.
Since then Manny Villar became the housing industry leader, and the biggest homebuilder in Southeast Asia, having built more than 500,000 houses for middle-class Filipino families and for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
May 24, 2023 · Amidst a worldwide downtrend in billionaire fortunes, property tycoon and former Senate President Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. bucks the trend. In the Forbes World’s Billionaires List for 2023, Villar places 232nd globally, leading the charge among 14 Filipinos who made the cut.
