Camarse, Juzl Marie M.

BSHM 3.1 A
John Gokongwei Jr.
• He is a Chinese-born member of one of Cebu's wealthiest families, was born.
• But after his father passed away, the family riches vanished, and he was left
to support his family by selling products on the streets of Cebu while riding
his bicycle. After that, he started trading by truck and boat before starting to
import from the United States.
• Realizing that his revenue would always be constrained by poor trading
margins, he shifted his attention to manufacturing. To start a maize milling
business that is now known as Universal Corn Products, he borrowed PHP
500,000 from China bank.
• Even though this commercial endeavor was successful, he continued. The
name of his business was soon changed to Universal Robina Corporation as
he started to add other products, like Blend 45.
• As of 2019, Gokongwei was 93 years old. His family is one of the wealthiest
Filipino business families today, owning the commercial airline Cebu Pacific
as well as the Robina Land Corporation, which operates Robinsons
Supermarkets and Department Stores.

John D. Rockefeller
• He was born in New York on July 8, 1938, to parents William Avery and
• Eliza Rockefeller Davison. Traveling businessman William Avery Rockefeller
was salesperson whose employment ultimately caused the family to move to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853. Although the founding of one of the biggest
enterprises in American history is quite an accomplishment, The numerous
charities and philanthropies Rockefeller founded are associated with his
biggest successes.
• John D. in 1912. Rockefeller was worth $900,000,000 financially. After his
passing on May 23, only $26,410,837 of Rockefeller's fortune was left in
1937. Rockefeller gave the University of Pennsylvania $600,000 to start it in
1890. Chicago, ultimately contributing $35 million.
• 1901, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
• University) was founded, and it later created vaccinations for
• Meningitis The General Education Board (later Rockefeller Foundation),
established in 1903, was established, creating high schools and offering free
professional suggestions for enhancing instruction and education.
• He supported research at Johns Hopkins University between 1918 and 1921.
Harvard is investing around $25 million to improve public health challenges
regarding colleges and libraries. Although Rockefeller's tactics for
accumulating his enormous wealth were debatable, Rockefeller invested a
large portion of his money in advancing society.
Alfredo M Yao (Zest-O)
• Alfredo Yao’s father died when he was 12; his mother supported him and his
siblings by working as a street vendor. Yao was able to attend college at the
Mapa Institute of Technology thanks to the help of a family member but did
not complete it.
• Yao performed several odd occupations, including operating a printing press.
During his stay there, he picked up the skills necessary to print cellophane
packaging for candies and biscuits, and because of his experiences, he was
motivated to start his own printing business. Although his printing business
was doing well, it was his discovery of the Doy Packaging method from
Europe that really catapulted him into the spotlight. Juice firms were the
target market he tried to sell the system to, but they were uninterested. Yao
made the decision to launch his own juice business and initially developed
concoctions in his house.
• Parents liked these juices since they were tasty and easy to pack in their kids'
lunchboxes because to the lightweight, vividly colored container.
Additionally, the juice stayed colder for longer thanks to the packaging.
• As of right now, Zest-O controls 80% of the juice business in the Philippines.
It has since expanded to markets in Australia, China, New Zealand, Korea,
Singapore, the United States, and other nations in Europe. Yao's commercial
success has revived the juice industry in the Philippines and expanded the
revenue of dalandan orange farmers. Doy packs are recycled by small
business owners into handbags that are exported to other nations.