Friday, March 8, 2013

11 Filipino Billionaires in 2013 Forbes Billionaires List




Shopping mall tycoon Henry Sy and his family are the richest Filipinos, according to Forbes magazine's 2013 global billionaires' list. Sy has a net worth valued at $13.2 billion, Forbes said. He ranked 68th on the global billionaires' list.


Banking, airline, liquor, tobacco and real estate magnate Lucio Tan is the second-richest Filipino with a net worth of $5 billion.


The other Filipino billionaires who made the Forbes list are:


  • Enrique Razon, Jr. ($4.9 billion)
  • Andrew Tan ($3.95 billion)
  • David Consunji and family ($2.8 billion)
  • George Ty and family ($2.6 billion)
  • Lucio and Susan Co ($2 billion)
  • Robert Coyiuto, Jr. ($1.6 billion)
  • Tony Tan Caktiong and family ($1.4 billion)
  • Andrew Gotianun and family ($1.2 billion)
  • Roberto Ongpin ($1.2 billion)


High-profile businessmen Manny V. Pangilinan and John L. Gokongwei, Jr. are not on the list.


Carlos Salim of Mexico, who is valued at around $73 billion, once again topped the billionaires' list.


Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($67 billion) placed second, followed by Spain's Amancio Ortega ($57 billion), Warren Buffett ($53.5 billion), Larry Ellison ($43 billion), Charles Koch ($34 billion), David Koch ($34 billion), Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing ($31 billion), Liliane Bettencourt and family ($30 billion), and Bernard Arnault and family ($29 billion).

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