Search results
John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. (traditional Chinese: 吳奕輝; simplified Chinese: 吴奕辉; pinyin: Wú Yìhuī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ E̍k-hui; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) was a Filipino banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Aug 1, 2022 · John Gokongwei Jr., fondly called “Big John,” passed away in 2019, but his legacy and business lessons continue to inspire other entrepreneurs. Image by JG Summit. The Filipino tycoon is most known for being the founder and former chairman of JG Summit, one of the country’s largest conglomerates.
Nov 9, 2020 · John Gokongwei Jr. was one of the richest businessmen in the Philippines. The Filipino entrepreneur and industrailist founded JG Summit Holdings Inc., one of the country's biggest and most highly diversified business conglomerates in the country today.
Now, John Gokongwei Jr. is the second richest Filipino in 2016, according to Forbes Magazine. Aside from being a business magnate, he is also a philanthropist. And with all the businesses he owns in the country, he provides thousands of jobs to people.
Nov 9, 2019 · John L. Gokongwei, Jr. (11 August 1926 — 9 November 2019) devoted much of his 93 extraordinary years in this world to making the lives of all Filipinos better.
Nov 10, 2019 · MANILA - Filipino tycoon John Gokongwei, who built a sprawling business empire from a modest trading business he ran on a bicycle, has died. He was 93. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Nov 10, 2019 · MANILA -- John Gokongwei Jr., the Filipino businessman who built an empire centered on consumer products, with operations spanning Southeast Asia, China, Australia and New Zealand, died late...
Nov 10, 2019 · John Gokongwei Jr., chairman emeritus of JG Summit, one of Philippine's largest conglomerates, died Saturday evening in Manila at the age of 93. Gokongwei, whose control of JG Summit had...
Aug 24, 2016 · JG Summit's legend is well known among the firm's 35,000 employees: Gokongwei, the eldest of six children, grew up well-off in an ethnic Chinese family in Cebu, where his father owned a chain of...
2 days ago · The business was founded by the late billionaire John Gokongwei in 1954 as a corn starch factory. After Gokongwei passed away in 2019, his six children—Lance, Robina, Lisa, Faith, Hope and ...
