John Gokongwei Jr.

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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.

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

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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

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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.