10 Most Successful Entrepreneurs and their business

Gregorio G. Sanchez
The success of the probiotic bacteria developed by Engineer Sanchez later on gained global recognition
as a superior bacterial strain for its ability to restore good bacteria to the body. This gave the engineer
greater confidence for developing a health drink (LactoVitale) and personal care products like soaps,
shampoos and toothpastes with LactoPAFI as an important ingredient. As a result, his LactoPAFI
products are now being exported to Norway, France, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan and the

Alfredo Yao
Alfredo M. Yao is a Chinese Filipino businessman who founded the privately held company, Zest-O
Corporation. His other businesses include Semexco Marketing, Inc., Harman Foods, Amchem Marketing,
Inc., American Brands Philippines, Inc., SMI Development Corporation, Philippine Business Bank and Zest
Airways. He also served as the Special Envoy to China for Tourism and Cooperation. He was conferred as
the Most Admitted ASEAN Enterprise Award in the Innovation Category for his Zest-O Corporation. Yao
was the awarded 2005 Master Entrepreneur by Ernst and Young.

Henry Sy
Henry Sy, Sr. (Chinese: 施至成; pinyin: Shī Zhìchéng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si Chì-sêng; born December 25, 1924) is a
Chinese-Filipino business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He has business interests in retailing,
real estate, hospitality, banking, mining, education, and health care. He pioneered the establishment of
SM Malls, anchored by Shoemart Department Store and Supermarket earning him the title, the
Philippines' Retail King. He is the chairman of SM Prime Holdings, Inc., the holding corporation for all his
business interests in his vast business empire. In 2011, Forbes Magazine listed him as the richest man in
the Philippines

Dado Banatao
Diosdado P. Banatao (born May 23, 1946), is a Filipino entrepreneur and engineer working in the high-
tech industry. He was born in a small barrio of Malabbac in the town of Iguig, Cagayan, Philippines.[2] A
three-time start-up veteran, he co-founded Mostron,Chips and Technologies, and S3 Graphics.[3] In
1984, Banatao and his business partner Francis Siu, founded a high-technology company, Mostron,
starting with a capital of half a million US dollars. Mostron was launched as a manufacturer of
motherboards. They also hired Ron Yara of Intel as a company executive. After he developed a five-chip
set, he co-founded Chips and Technologies in 1985. The company developed system logic chip set for
IBM's PC-XT and the PC-AT. The company earned $12 million in its first four months. After 22 months,
the company went public. In 1989, Banatao launched his third start-up company, S3 Graphics, with Yara
in Santa Clara, California. S3 focused on enhancing the graphic capabilities in personal computers by
using a graphic accelerator chip.
Tony Tan
Tan founded the fast food chain Jollibee in 1978, after having started it as an ice cream parlor in
1975.[1] Through expansion and acquisitions of Greenwich Pizza [1] Corp. which enabled it to enter the
pizza-pasta segment. In early 2006, Jollibee Foods Corp. bought out the remaining shares of its partners
in Greenwich Pizza Corporation, equivalent to a 20% stake, for P384 million in cash.[2][3][4][5] As of
August 2008, Tan's Jollibee has a total of 1,480 stores worldwide including Jollibee, Red Ribbon,
Chowking, Greenwich, Manong Pepe's, Mang Inasal and Tita Frita's Uling Uling.[

Socorro C. Ramos
Socorro C. Ramos is the matriarch of National Bookstore, the Philippines' leading retailer of books, office
supplies, and greeting cards. In 1965, she and her husband Jose set up a nine-story building along
Avenida Rizal which would be the very first National Bookstore. What has become the Ramos family
business has not stopped growing since, having opened Powerbooks, a now popular specialty bookstore,
in 1996.

Cecilio Kwok Pedro

Cecilio Kwok Pedro is an entrepreneur who made it to the top after his failure back in 1985. His principle
is much grounded and to quote this man of humility, he once said, "We are competing against the
giants. Without faith and without the intervention of the divine, it is really difficult to survive in this
industry." The founder of Hapee toothpaste in the Philippines, making his company, Lamoiyan Corp., the
country’s first homegrown toothpaste name.

Corazon Dayro Ong

Corazon Dayro Ong is the founder of the meat-processing company CDO Foodsphere, Inc. Ong is a
dietician by profession and has been awarded Most Outstanding Dietitian Award by the Nutritionists-
Dietitians Association of the Philippines. She was also awarded the 2009 Woman Entrepreneur of the
Year by Ernst and Young. In 1996, Ong was acknowledged as the Most Outstanding Nutritionist of the
Year. In 1997, she was the recipient of the Agora Awardee for the Most Outstanding Medium-Scale
Entrepreneur given by thePhilippine Marketing Association for her successful leadership of CDO-
Foodsphere. In 1999, she was awarded the Most Outstanding Professional in the Field of Dietetics given
by the Professional Regulations Commission.

In 2006, she was cited and honored as one of the most outstanding women of Valenzuela City. The
following year, Corazon was voted the 2007 Entrepreneur Mom-Working award and because of her
diligence, awards poured in such as the Woman Entrepreneur in 2009. Under her leadership, CDO-
Foodsphere Inc. has become a modern and leading food company known for its product innovation that
provides the best quality and affordable prices of food products.

U.S. The US FDA issued its approval of the product in 2005 while locally garnering recognition for
product excellence from different award giving bodies.
Ernest L. Cu
Mr. Ernest Lawrence Cu has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Globe Telecom Inc. of
Ayala Corp. since April 1, 2009. Mr. Cu has over 20 years of experience in the technological, marketing,
and financial aspects of the electronic publishing and database management industries. Mr. Cu was the
President and Chief Executive Officer at SPi Technologies, Inc. since February 18, 1998. He was
responsible for establishing SPI's marketing operations in the U.S.

Mariano Que
Mariano Que is the founder of largest drug store chain the Philippines and privately-held company, the
Mercury Drug Corporation. He is the father of Vivian Que Azcona, one of Forbes 40 richest Filipinos in
2010. In 1945, Que already had regular clients and decided to open a store in Bambang. He named it,
Mercury Drug after the Roman god and bearer of the caduceus, the symbol of the medical profession.
From then until the early 60s, Que innovated on the drugstore’s operations such as introducing drug
delivery service and 17-hour business operations. In 1963, Que opened the second branch of Mercury
Drug in a shopping center in Makati upon the invitation of the Ayala Corporation. In 1965, the third
branch opened in [Quiapo]], Manila and became its flagship branch. Mercury Drug continued to improve
its facilities such as introducing computer-guided temperature controls and biological refrigerators in
branches for life-saving medicines. In the early 70s, Que expanded its product line by purchasing
Medical Center Drug Corporation, which sells pharmaceutical supplies, equipments and surgical
instruments. This lead Que to established Mercury Group of Companies, Inc. Over the next decades, the
Mercury Group opened Q*10 Convenient store as a competition for 7-11. Her daughter, Vivian Que-
Azcona’s father-in-law Cezar Azcona, sold the hamburger chain Tropical Hut to Que.