Manuel V. Pangilinan
Manuel V. Pangilinan CL, GCrL | |
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| Born | Manuel Vélez Pangilinan (1946-07-14) July 14, 1946 Manila, Philippines |
| Other names | Manny Pangilinan, MVP |
| Occupation | Managing Director & CEO (First Pacific Company Limited); Chairman (Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and Philex Mining Corporation); Chairman, President & CEO (PLDT) |
Manuel V. Pangilinan, CL, GCrL; (born July 14, 1946 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino businessman and sports patron. He is the managing director and CEO of First Pacific Company Limited, a Hong Kong-based investment management and holding company with operations in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also First Pacific’s chief executive for the group’s investments in the Philippines, such as Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, PLDT and Philex Mining Corporation. He is the chairman emeritus of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and was its first president, serving two consecutive terms from 2008 to 2015.
Due to his connections with the Salim Group (which effectively controls First Pacific and key subsidiaries such as PLDT and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation), a company which is alleged[1] to have flourished due to the close ties of its founder with the Indonesian President Suharto, Manny Pangilinan's ethics and probity have at times been called into question[2]. He is alleged to be the puppet of the Chinese-Indonesian tycoon Anthoni Salim of the Salim Group (not least by President Duterte of the Philippines[3]) in order to skirt around the Philippines' foreign ownership laws.
Contents
1 Education
2 Career
3 Honors
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Education
Pangilinan spent his elementary and high school days at San Beda University. He graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.[4] He received his MBA degree in 1968 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[5]
Career
Pangilinan began his career with the PHINMA Group. After six years, he was recruited by Bancom International, a Filipino investment bank operating in Hong Kong. He was later assigned to Bancom’s joint-venture bank with American Express. In 1981, he help co-found First Pacific under Anthoni Salim, one of his investment banking clients.[6]
Honors
National Honors
: Order of Lakandula, Commander - (May 24, 2006)
: Order of Lakandula, Grand Cross - (June 5, 2010)
: Order of Lakandula, Commander - (May 24, 2006)
: Order of Lakandula, Grand Cross - (June 5, 2010)
See also
- Kapampangan Development Foundation
- Smart Communications
- PLDT
- Sun Cellular
- Meralco
References
^ "Tycoon who profited from Suharto links". Financial Times. Financial Times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "The Indonesian billionaires behind the 'MVP Group'". The Manila Times. The Manila Times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "The Arrogance of an Indonesian Magnate's Lackey". Manila Times. Manila Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^ "Executive Profile: Manuel Velez Pangilinan". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
^ MVP Calls for Strengthening of Ethics in Government and Business. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed last June 11, 2007.
^ http://www.millionaireacts.com/569/manny-pangilinans-success-story.html
External links
Manuel V. Pangilinan on Twitter
- Biography at Asian Affairs
- Biography at Metro Pacific
- Manny Pangilinan Speech to 2006 Ateneo Graduates
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