Mall and real estate tycoon Henry Sy retained the top spot in Forbes magazine's The Philippines 50 Richest List after having a net worth of $14.4 billion, as the value of his publicly listed conglomerates, SM Investments and SM Prime Holdings, increased by 17% and 20%, respectively over the past year. He ranks 73rd worldwide.
The complete list of the PH's richest dollar billionaires 2015 in the Forbes list is shown below:
1. Henry Sy - $14.4 billion
2. John Gokongwei - $5.5 billion
3. Andrew Tan - $4.5 billion
4. Lucio Tan - $4.4 billion
5. Enrique Razon Jr. - $4.1 billion
6. George Ty - $4 billion
7. Aboitiz family - $3.6 billion
8. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala - $3.5 billion
9. Davin Consunji - $3.2 billion
10. Tony Tan Caktiong - $2.2 billion
11. Lucio and Susan Co - $1.7 billion
12. Roberto Coyiuto Jr. - $1.6 billion
13. Manuel Villar - $1.5 billion
14. Yap family - $1.4 billion
15. Alfredo Yao - $1.3 billion
16. Dean Lao - $1.1 billion
17. Oscar Lopez - $1 blllion
11. Lucio and Susan Co - $1.7 billion
12. Roberto Coyiuto Jr. - $1.6 billion
13. Manuel Villar - $1.5 billion
14. Yap family - $1.4 billion
15. Alfredo Yao - $1.3 billion
16. Dean Lao - $1.1 billion
17. Oscar Lopez - $1 blllion
Earlier this year, I posted about the list of the 11 PH billionaires the country had for the year 2015. Here is a look-back on the list.
1. Henry Sy - $14.2 billion
2. John Gokongwei - $5.8 billion
3. Enrique Razon Jr. - $5.2 billion
4. Andrew Tan $4.8 billion
5. Lucio Tan - $4.4 billion
6. Georg Ty - $4.4 billion
7. Davin Consunji - $4.1 billion
8. Tony Tan Caktiong - $2.7 billion
9. Lucio and Susan Co - $2.3 billion
10. Robert Coyiuto Jr. - $1.8 billion
11. Manuel Villar - $1.6 billion
The list has quite changed at the bottom half. It's possible that by the end of the year, the country will have more than 11 dollar billionaires.
