Top Five CEO in the Philippines Manuel V. Pangilinan Business Name: Metro Pacific Investments Corporation More about Pangilinan: Born in July 14, 1946. He is the chief executive of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific, which owns big brands like: Philippine Long Distance Telephone, TV 5 Networking, Meralco and Indonesian instant noodles maker Indofood. Returns to list after 5 year gap despite facing a series of setbacks that prompted him to declare the year 2012 as a "horrible year". He failed in a third attempt to acquire rival TV network GMA and his mining unit Philex was slapped with a $23 million fine for a spill. Following a verbal tussle in the Senate where he was accused of allegedly fueling anti-Chinese sentiments, Pangilinan threatened to relocate to Hong Kong. His net worth estimate is based on what we can prove, though sources claim he owns higher stakes than publicly known. Orlando Banzon Vea Business Name: Sun Cellular (Telecommunication and Technology Industry) More about Vea: More commonly known as Doy Vea in the tech sector, he co-founded Smart along with David Fernando in 1991. He ahs since moved to several positions, including Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of PLDT Communications and Energy Ventures as well as CEO, President and Director of DigiTel (Sun Cellular). Orlando's father was a civil servant and his mother is a retired schoolteacher. He was raised in a simple family but with perfect moral strength and values. He was taught to have community awareness and work ethics. He was always curious about science and technology as a child that he had been a scholar in Physics. This was not the course he took, though, in college but Economics which he finished at the University of the Philippines as a cum laude. Isaias Ariel Pagkalinawan Fermin Business Name: PLDT and Smart Communications and COO of DigiTel, Max's Restaurant and Bakery More about Fermin: Before joining PLDT, Fermin used to be the Country Director by Nike Philippines. He joined the telco company in March 2012 as Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Business of PLDT and Smart. He was considered as one of the most powerful generals of Manny Pangilinan and rumored to be groomed as the successor to MVP. He is now the Chief Operating Officer of Max’s Restaurant, Max’s Corner Bakery and Krispy Kreme. Ernest Lawrence Lim Cu Business Name: Globe Telecom More about Lim Cu: Globe’s top executive is a well-decorated CEO having won many national and regional awards, the latest one being Philippine’s Best CEO by FinanceAsia. Ernest Cu joined Globe in October 2008 as Deputy CEO, and was officially appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on 2 April 2009. Since then, he has been passionately driving a sweeping transformation across the company, ultimately to deliver the superior customer experience, anchored on his primary advocacy of Customer First. Under Ernest’s visionary leadership, Globe has progressively risen as a fierce challenger that has successfully wrestled significant market share from competition. Charles Arroz Lim Business Name: Veer Immersive Technologies, Inc. More about Charles Lim: Charles was a long-time executive at DigiTel (Sun Cellular) as Head of Business Unit for the Cellular Mobile Telephone Services before he was moved to Smart/PLDT as Chief Operations Officer of DMPI. He was EVP and Head of Consumer Wireless Business for Smart and Sun Cellular, then transferred to Wireless Strategic Investments & Acquisition. He is now Head of Access for ABS- CBN Corporation since joining the network in early 2016. Year 2016, when he is 22 years old, he had established his own company Veer Immersive Technologies, Inc. Dismissing a possible corporate career in line with his background in computer science. To date, his company’s clients include Philippine Airlines, to which it provides VR-enabled training for its cabin crew.Veer is just among the booming technology-powered start-ups in the Philippines. Since 2012, the country has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of new and innovative businesses mostly led by ambitious young entrepreneurs like Mr. Lim.