If you didn't know who is the current richest man in the world, well! Bill Gates topped the list of the billionaires in the world. His current net worth is $79.2 billion, according to the popular source of business news and financial information magazine, Forbes.
But here in the Philippines, we have 11 well-known Filipino businessman who've successfully included in the Forbes list of World's Billionaires. The list was came from the 2015 ranking with a total record of 1,826 billionaires.
Forbes said, that "a snapshot of wealth taken on Feb. 13, 2015, when stock prices and exchange rates were locked in from around the world."
Here's the Top Filipino Billionaires 2015
Top 1. Henry Sy, Sr. - $14. 2 billion (World Ranked 73rd)
Top 2. John Gokongwei, Jr. - $5.8 billion (World Ranked 254th)
Top 3. Enrique Razon, Jr. - $5.1 billion (World Ranked 291st)
Top 4. Andrew Tan - $4.8 billion (World Ranked 330st)
Top 5. Lucio Tan - $4.4 billion (World Ranked 369th)
Top 6. George Ty and family - $4.4 billion (World Ranked 369th)
Top 7. David Consunji - $4.1 billion (World Ranked 405th)
Top 8. Tony Tan Caktiong and family - $2.6 billion (World Ranked 690th)
Top 9. Lucio and Susan Co - - $2.3 billion (World Ranked 810th)
Top 10. Robert Coyiuto, Jr. - $1.9 billion (World Ranked 1054th)
Top 11. Manuel B. Villar, Jr. - $1.6 billion (World Ranked 1190th)
These Filipino are the top billionaires in our country and they continue to become successful in their life. Those figure are estimated net worth from all of their investments and businesses.
Some of them started from scratch and pursue their dreams to become billionaire. If you have a dream, don't just give up, in every fall there's another hope to stand and decide to make a different point of view to reach your goal in life.
News Reference(s): Forbes, ABS-CBN News
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