John Gokongwei Jr.

E906732

John Gokongwei Jr. was a Filipino-Chinese billionaire industrialist and philanthropist who built one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates, JG Summit Holdings, spanning airlines, food manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
John Gokongwei Jr. canonical 5
John Lim Gokongwei Jr. 1
Lance Gokongwei 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf billionaire ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
almaMater De La Salle University ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
chairmanOf Cebu Pacific ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings ⓘ
Universal Robina Corporation ⓘ
child Faith Gokongwei ⓘ
Hope Gokongwei ⓘ
linked to: Faith Gokongwei

Lance Gokongwei ⓘ
Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng ⓘ
Marcia Gokongwei ⓘ
Robina Gokongwei-Pe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship China ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-08-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-11-09 ⓘ
ethnicity Chinese Filipino ⓘ
familyName Gokongwei ⓘ
fieldOfWork business ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
founded Cebu Pacific ⓘ
Digitel Telecommunications Philippines ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings ⓘ
Robinsons Bank ⓘ
Robinsons Land Corporation ⓘ
Robinsons Retail Holdings ⓘ
Universal Robina Corporation ⓘ
fullName John Lim Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John Gokongwei Jr.
givenName John ⓘ
industry aviation ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
food manufacturing ⓘ
retail ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
notableAward Forbes list of billionaires ⓘ
Management Man of the Year Award by the Management Association of the Philippines ⓘ
notableProject Gokongwei Brothers Foundation ⓘ
notableWork building JG Summit Holdings into a major Philippine conglomerate ⓘ
development of Universal Robina Corporation as a leading food and beverage company ⓘ
expansion of Cebu Pacific as a low-cost carrier in the Philippines ⓘ
philanthropic donations to education in the Philippines ⓘ
placeOfBirth China ⓘ
Fujian ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
placeOfDeath Metro Manila ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Taguig ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Cebu City ⓘ
linked to: Cebu

Philippines ⓘ
Quezon City ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Yu Gokongwei ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cebu Pacific → founder → John Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings → foundedBy → John Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings → founder → John Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings → namedAfter → John Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
JG Summit Holdings → keyPerson → Lance Gokongwei ⓘ
linked to: John Gokongwei Jr.
John Gokongwei Jr. → fullName → John Lim Gokongwei Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John Gokongwei Jr.