by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Conglomerates & Family Groups, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRMetro Pacific Investments assembled a portfolio of Philippine regulated infrastructure — electricity distribution, water, toll roads, hospitals and rail — using capital from a Hong Kong-listed parent. It ran into a persistent problem: public...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Conglomerates & Family Groups, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRThe Aboitiz group began in Cebu in trading and shipping, moved into regional electricity distribution over the twentieth century, and then bought heavily when the Philippine state privatized its generating assets in the 2000s. It is now one of the...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Conglomerates & Family Groups, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRJohn Gokongwei built JG Summit by doing the same thing in industry after industry: entering a comfortable market as an outsider, pricing below the incumbents, accepting thin margins and building volume until the position was unassailable. Snack foods,...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Conglomerates & Family Groups, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRHenry Sy opened a shoe store in 1958, built a department store chain, opened his first shopping mall in the middle of a national political and economic crisis, and turned the resulting group into the largest mall operator in the Philippines and the owner...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Conglomerates & Family Groups, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAyala Corporation was founded in 1834 and has survived Spanish colonial rule, American administration, Japanese occupation, independence, martial law and two people-power revolutions. It built Makati out of farmland, owns the oldest bank in Southeast...
