The history of National Book Store can be traced back to the 1930s. However, the company has been formally established in 1942. Before the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, José Ramos and Socorro Cáncio-Ramos, rented a small-corner space of a Haberdashery situated at the foot of Escolta Bridge in Santa Cruz, Manila. With a starting capital of ₱211 (equivalent to ₱55,000 in 2019), the Ramoses set up their first retail bookstore selling GI novels, text books and supplies.

JG Summit Holdings, Inc (JGSHI) is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with business interests in air transportation, banking, food manufacturing, hotels, petrochemicals, power generation, publishing, real estate and property development, and telecommunications. Key subsidiaries include Universal Robina and Cebu Pacific. Incorporated* on November 1990, JG Summit Holdings was founded by John Gokongwei Jr., one of the wealthiest individuals in Southeast Asia. In 2010, JGSHI was one of the ten most profitable companies on the Philippine Stock Exchange.

John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. was a Filipino businessman, investor, and philanthropist. His conglomerate company JG Summit Holdings, Inc. had an extensive panoply of business and investment holdings across the Filipino economy, including shipping, telecommunications, retail, financial services, petrochemicals, utilities, aviation, food, beverages, and livestock farming.

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

Edgar "Injap" Jaruda Sia II (born 1977) is a Filipino businessman. He is the chairman of DoubleDragon Properties (a joint business venture with Tony Tan Caktiong), and the founder of the Mang Inasal fast food restaurant chain.

Mang Inasal Philippines, Inc., also known as Mang Inasal, (Hiligaynon for "Mr. Barbecue") is a barbecue fast food restaurant chain in the Philippines, established in Iloilo City in 2003. The company was started by Edgar Sia, who owned his first business at the age of twenty Sia engaged in the food business at twenty-six years of age, opening the first Mang Inasal branch in December 2003 at the Robinsons Mall Carpark in Iloilo City

Mercury Drug is a pharmacy chain in the Philippines.The company began on March 1, 1945[1] with a single drugstore owned by Mariano Que.He named it after Mercury, the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology, whose caduceus wand is sometimes used as a symbol of medicine, as well as the first planet in the Solar System.

Mariano Que discovered a commercial opportunity. Que, who had worked at a local drugstore before the war, opened his own drugstore when he noticed the demand for sulfa, a type of antibiotic used to treat bacterial illnesses.
He began selling good-quality sulfa for a low price. As a result, he was able to expand his clientele. In 1945, he founded the Mercury Drug chain of pharmacies.

Greenwich Pizza, also known as Greenwich, is a pizza and pasta chain in the Philippines. It was founded in 1971 by Cresida Tueres.The name "Greenwich" is in tribute to Tueres' first customers, which were students from the private school La Salle Green Hills that has green as its school color.[1] In 1994, Jollibee Foods Corporation acquired 80% of Greenwich shares.

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

Reluctant to dispose of the factory’s equipment. Dr. Pedro decides to reopen his factory as Lamoiyan Corporation, the first Filipino company to penetrate the toothpaste industry. With only less than 20 employees, the company produces world-class brands Hapee and Kutitap at affordable prices.Hapee toothpaste, the toothpaste brand of Lamoiyan Corporation, sponsors the 1988 Philippine Olympic Delegation. Lamoiyan Corporation is recognized as the official toothpaste of the Olympics to Seoul, South Korea.

Alfredo M. Yao is a Filipino businessman who founded Zest-O,Macay Holdings, Inc. (PSE: MACAY) and Philippine Business Bank (PSE: PBB). He served as the Special Envoy to China for Tourism and Cooperation in 2009

Zest-O Corporation is a beverage company in the Philippines. It was founded in 1981 as SEMEXCO Marketing Corporation. While touring Europe in 1979, Yao learned about the Doypack packaging format in one of the European trade exhibits he visited. He bought one machine and tried to market the Doypack packaging format to juice drink manufacturers in the Philippines. When no company took interest, he decided to market his own brand of fruit juice drink. He put up a company called SEMEXCO Marketing Corporation and launched Zest-O orange juice drink in 1980

Tony Tan Caktiong is a Filipino billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Jollibee Foods Corporation, and the co-chairman of DoubleDragon Properties

In 1975, Tony Tan Caktiong and his family opened a Magnolia ice cream parlor in Cubao, Quezon City. The outlet later began offering hot meals and sandwiches upon request from customers. When the food items became more popular than ice cream, the family decided to convert the ice cream parlor into a fast food restaurant which became the first Jollibee outlet in 1978.Management consultant Manuel C. Lumba advised the family on the change in strategy.Jollibee was initially named "Jolibe", but changed its name to "Jollibee"

SM Supermalls, owned by SM Prime, is a chain of shopping malls in the Philippines that as of January 2022 has 78 malls located across the country and 31 more scheduled to be opened for an eventual total of 109 malls.It also has 7 malls in China, including SM Tianjin which is the second largest in the world in terms of gross leasable area (GLA).

Potato Corner is a global Philippine food franchise known for its flavored French fries. Potato Corner's first stall opened up in SM Megamall in October 1992 in the Philippines under Cinco Corporation. As of 2021, Potato Corner is present in 15 countries globally which include the Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Panama, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Canada

The Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City. The company was the prototype for other local illuminating companies that were established in the United States during the 1880s.

Edison General Electric Company
This company was incorporated in New York on April 24, 1889, in a merger of Edison's three electric light manufacturing companies (Edison Lamp Company, Edison Machine Works, and Bergmann & Company), with the patent-holding company, Edison Electric Light Company.