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- - - - John Gokongwei Jr. used to sell, their family made peanuts and garlic and packed it in little bags when he was young. This is his first entry into the world of entrepreneurship.
        
        Additionally, Big John sold goods in a public market in Cebu, Philippines. He would get up early every day and ride his bicycle to the local hardware store to sell spools of thread, soap, and candles. He might expect to make around Php20 a day from his job.
        
        From John Gokongwei Jr.'s experience, he learn to sell products according to the public's demand and soon he became the one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the nation,Philippines and it all started with a snack he sold as a kid. For more than a decade, he was the CEO of JG Summit, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate with holdings in aviation, food and electricity. Chippy, Chiz Curls, Nova, Cloud 9, Nips, Cream-o, Magic Flakes, Maxx candies, Blend 45, Great Taste coffee, and Payless instant noodles that have long been popular merienda favourites.
- - - - Milagros learnt to cook during World War II, while Clarita developed an interest in baking when she received an oven from her parents when she was only 10 years old.
        
        After a time, Milagros Leelin Yee, Clarita Leelin Go decided to establish up a small bakery in their Makati apartment, servicing physicians, nurses, and patients.
        
        Milagros Leelin Yee, Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-law, Doris Wilson, started one of the best sstore offered freshly-made cakes and pastries, Goldilocks. They started accepting franchisees in 1991. When franchising became popular in the Philippines, hundreds of Goldilocks locations sprung up all across Metro Manila, servicing an ever-growing number of consumers.
- - - - In 1977, the company, Aluminum Container’s Inc. was established. It was the biggest supplier of aluminum toothpaste tubes of the two major companies, Colgate-Palmolive and Philippine Refining Company. This company was in the business for eight years. Cecilio Kwok Pedro first company, Aluminum Container Inc., sold aluminum toothpaste tubes to these foreign firms from 1978 to 1985. However in 1985, these companies switched into using plastic laminated tubes
        
        Mr. Cecilio's business was forced to shut down after just a short time. However, he use this failure to star to produce other products like Hapee toothpaste which bags a huge success in the market even in present times because of its good quality and cheaper price.
- - - - The young Greg awoke early every morning to go shine shoes and sell newspapers in the city since he has no other way to pay for his college education because his parents have no money to spend on it.
        
        The hard work of Greg as a young man enabled him to pay for his own transportation and education and able to finish his education in 1966 as a civil engineer
        
        Gregory Sanchez, worked in the construction sector prior to becoming an engineer. He was a member of the Cebu City Provincial Board, and one of his concerns was that the pigs raised there were malnourished. Experiments were carried out on his own, using just pots and pans and an aquarium tank as his tools. He become a sucessful enreprenour when he was able developed "LactoPAFI Probiotic Bacteria," a feeding additive that buried bad bacteria in cows.
- - - - Owned a little over-the-counter pizza store in Greenhills dated back 1971. Because of Tueres' flair for cooking, she was able to establish a nationwide franchise with the help of her beloved family and friends.
        
        When Greenwich began franchising in 1994, Cresida Tueres had already grown to 50 locations with the help of her friends, family, and customers.
        
        Tony Tan Caktiong, CEO of Jollibee Foods Corporation, saw a lot of promise in Greenwich and finally negotiated a deal to acquire 80% of the company's shares. In 1994, they began working together as a team.
        
        A new company, Greenwich Pizza Corporation, was formed after the successful commercial agreement and established its first outlet at the Commonwealth Shopping Mall in 1994.
- - - - Tony Tan Caktiong's father founded a restaurant when he was a little boy, and he grew up in an impoverished family that migrated to the Philippines from southern China in quest of a better life.
        
        Tony Tan Caktiong opened the Magnolia Ice Cream House franchise in 1975. Having spent Php350,000 for the franchise, he opened Cubao Ice Cream House and Quiapo Ice Cream House when he was barely 22 years old. But his success did not stop there, as a matter of fact, he is the founder and chairman of Jollibee Foods Corporation, and the co-chairman of DoubleDragon Properties, t wo of the country's most successful businesses.
- - - - Jose Magsaysay, Jr. is best known for being Mr. Potato Corner, having established the flavored fries franchise and shepherding its phenomenal growth from the onset: Potato Corner went from one small food cart in 1992 to 70 stores in 1994, up to 120 in 1997, and currently at 1,100 in the Philippines, with 200 stores overseas. Potato Corner earned a record PhP 1 billion in sales in 2015 and with its presence in 11 countries, is now considered an international brand.
        
        Jose Magsaysay, Jr. at the age of 18, he started his career in the food sector by working at Wendy's as a part-time employee in 1983.
        
        Jose Magsaysay rose through the ranks, moving from management trainee to its Board of Directors within the space of a decade. From being a trainee at Wendy's. He establish his flavored fries and became known for being Mr. Potato Corner, having established the flavored fries franchise and shepherding its phenomenal growth from the onset: Potato Corner went from one small food cart in 1992 to 70 stores in 1994, up to 120 in 1997, and currently at 1,100 in the Philippines, with 200 stores overseas. Potato Corner earned a record PhP 1 billion in sales in 2015 and with its presence in 11 countries, is now considered an international brand.
- - - - He is an employee at a pharmacist during World War II. This is where he recognized that Filipinos would want the "wonder" medicine sulfathiazole, which was thought to heal a wide range of ailments and maladies.
        
        The late Mariano Que sold pharmaceuticals to Filipinos for more than seven decades from a wooden pushcart to 1,000 outlets throughout the country, resulting in the formation of the country's biggest drugstore chain, Mercury Drug Corporation.
- - - - Yao was well aware that, with his mother working as a sidewalk seller, he would have to put in more effort to help support the family. To make ends meet, he worked a number of side jobs, but this wasn't enough to keep him and his family from being hungry.
        
        In the printing industry, he found work, although the pay is dismal. For this reason, he decided to hone his skills and establish his own. Solemar Commercial Press, his first firm, was born out of his savings. His mother was the inspiration for the name.
        
        In 1980, Alfredo M. Yao came up with the idea for Zest-first O's orange drink in his home and become a Filipino entrepreneur who created Zest-O, Macay Holdings, and the Philippines' first commercial bank. While in China in 2009, he worked as China's Special Envoy for Tourism and Cooperation.
- - - - Henry Sy began his retail career working with his father at the family's convenience store, where he learned the ins and outs of the business.
        
        One of the country's leading department store and supermarket chains and a major shopping mall operator, Sy's SM Investments, as well the BDO Union bank are owned by Henry Sy which made him the top of the Philippine Rich List for eleven years in a row. When he died, his net worth was assessed at $19 billion, making him the 53rd richest person in the world at that point in time.
- - - - Originally aiming to major in architecture, he dropped out of university (University of San Agustin in Iloilo City) to concentrate on his own company
        
        After droping out of collegege,
        Edgar Sia Founded one of the country's most well-known fast-food franchises, Mang Inasal, Injap Sia is 40 years old and the country's youngest millionaire. the said fast-food is currently owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation, but Injap Sia, whose moniker derives from the genealogy of his parents, was the brains behind the grilled chicken they offer.
- - - - Socorro Ramos started a business and become the Mother of the National Bookstore, the Philippines' largest book, office supply, and greeting card shop, Socorro C. Ramos. National Bookstore was founded in 1965 by José and her husband in an Avenida Rizal nine-story structure. As a result, the Ramos family's company has continued to expand.