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Manny Villar is PH’s richest once more
Manila Bulletin
|April 3, 2025
The brown taipan, Manuel B. Villar Jr., who recently disclosed that one of his real estate companies earned P1 trillion, is back as the Philippines’ richest man after being briefly replaced by port and gaming magnate Enrique K. Razon Jr., as ranked by Forbes Magazine.
There are 15 Filipinos in Forbes’ 39th annual World’s Billionaires List, which includes six heirs of Henry Sy Sr., making the Sy family the most represented in the list.
Insurance, education, and gam-ing tycoon Eusebio Tan-co first entered the prestigious ranking after his Digipus Interactive Corp.’s stellar performance on the stock market.
The self-made, 75-year-old Villar is ranked 117th on Forbes list of the world’s 3,026 billionaires, with a net worth of $17.2 billion, followed by 65-year-old Razon at #229 with a net worth of $10.6 billion. Razon and Harley Sy are the youngest Filipinos on this year’s list.
This story is from the April 3, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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