BILLIONAIRES LIST: 11 billionaires in Forbes 2015 list, SM's Sy enters global top 100, Gokongwei is second richest Filipino

The Philippines has 11 dollar billionaires (at least 50 billion pesos) in this year's Forbes richest men list, and getting into the top spot of the PH billionaires list is no other than SM Group's 90-year-old patriarch Henry Sy with $14.2 billion (around 560 billlion pesos in net worth!).

Landing on second spot in the list of richest Filipinos is Cebu Pacific's John Gokongwei with $5.8 billion in net worth. Lucio Tan, who in the past was always second to Sy, dropped to 5th spot with $4.4 billion.

The complete list of PH dollar billionaires 2015 is found below:

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

Kris Aquino leads Top Individual Taxpayers 2011 list, top PH billionaires out of top 10

Popular actress-host Kris Aquino was revealed as the number one taxpayer in the Philippines according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) list of Top 500 individual taxpayers in 2011.

Image, Data Courtesy: Inquirer, BIR

Kris paid a total of P49.87 million in taxes for 2011. Businessmen, other celebrities, and politicians also made it to the BIR’s roster of top individual taxpayers.

The top 20 taxpayers in the Philippines are as follows:

1 AQUINO KRISTINA BERNADETTE COJUANGCO - P49,871,657.37

2 REICHOW GREGORY DEANE - P38,196,685.00

3 BAJA JR LAURO LIBOON - P34,257,368.88

4 PANGILINAN MANUEL VELEZ - P25,992,131.86

5 MONTINOLA III AURELIO REYES - P24,472,645.10

6 ABLAZA GERARDO JR CINCO - P22,645,262.00

7 LHUILLIER PHILIPPE JONES - P21,645,000.00

8 ANGELES VICTOR MANGUERRA - P21,202,815.34

9 PANLILIO ROBERTO LAZATIN - P19,613,943.97

10 GOZON FELIPE LAPUS - P19,587,983.60

11 NGUYEN VINCENT THONG - P18,593,063.34

12 LHUILLIER JEAN HENRI DIAGO - P18,439,656.00

13 GAULT JOSEPH MITCHELL - P17,987,312.29

14 MENDOZA ESTELITO - P17,637,964.00

15 SY SR. HENRY - P16,582,952.00

16 VEA ORLANDO BANZON - P16,248,921.88

17 ROMANCZUK AGNIESZKA EWA - P16,062,048.76

18 JANSEN ANTHONIE - P14,851,304.45

19 SOTTO MARVIC CASTELO - P14,728,940.14

20 ESPINOSA RAY CELIS - P14,483,402.44

It may be noted that Kris beat the Philippines' richest billionaire Henry Sy in taxes who paid at least a third of what Kris paid last 2011, an amount totaling P16,582,952.00. PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) was the fourth highest taxpayer with P25.99 million, while Aurelio Montinola III, president and CEO of Bank of the Philippine Islands, followed with P24.47 million.

At sixth place was Gerardo Ablaza, Manila Water president, who paid P22.65 million. Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Philippe Lhuillier was seventh with P21.65 million, who then preceded Victor M. Angeles who paid taxes of P21.2 million.

Completing the Top 10 individual taxpayers list for 2011 were Roberto L. Panlilio of JP Morgan Chase & Co. (ninth, P19.61 million) and GMA Network chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon (10th, P19.59 million).

11 Filipino billionaires in Forbes 2013 list, mall tycoon Henry Sy leads

As the economy and stock market of the Philippines progressed and outperformed others, 11 Filipinos made it to the Forbes Magazine 2013 global billionaires' list, with five more Filipino billionaires added from a total of six last year.

Number 1 Filipino tycoon and business magnate Henry Sy, and his family, ranked 68th on the list with a net worth of $13.2 billion as of March 2013.

"The Philippines' richest man Henry Sy saw his fortune swell by more than $5 billion as shares of his holding firm SM Investments, the country's most valuable company, surged by over 50 percent, fueled by reports that it may merge its property units," Forbes said.

Lucio Tan, owner of tobacco, alcohol, airline and real estate firms, and his family ranked second in the Filipino billionaires list with a net worth of $5 billion. 

The new members of the billionaires' list are this year are Consunji and family, Ty and family, the Co couple, Coyiuto, Tan Caktiong and family, and Gotianun and family. 

Meanwhile, the biggest gainer title goes to Enrique Razon who debuted in the billionaires list just last year. Razon, owner of International Container Terminal Services (ICTS) which purchased various ports worldwide, saw his wealth hike by over $3 billion after Bloomberry Resorts,  his hotel and casino venture, joined the Philippine Stock Exchange.

The names and ranks of the Filipino billionaires worldwie in 2013 are as follows:

1. No. 68 - Henry Sy ($13.2 billion)

2. No. 248 - Lucio Tan ($5 billion)

3. No. 258 - Enrique Razon Jr. ($4.9 billion)

4. No. 345 - Andrew Tan ($3.95 billion)

5. No. 503 - David Consunji and family ($2.8 billion)

6. No. 554 - George Ty and family ($2.6 billion)

7. No. 736 - Lucio and Susan Co ($2 billion)

8. No. 931 - Robert Coyiuto, Jr. ($1.6 billion)

9. No. 1031 - Tony Tan Caktiong and family ($1.4 billion)

10. No. 1175 - Andrew Gotianun and family ($1.2 billion)

11. No. 1175 - Roberto Ongpin ($1.2 billion)

Forbes noted that all the 1,426 billionaires of the world saw an increase in its aggregate net worth from $4.6 trillion to $5.4 trillion, which is roughly near (hundreds of billions in dollars) the gross domestic product (GDP) of Japan or the GDPs of France and Brazil combined in 2011.

Together, the net worth of the Philippine billionaires this year totaled to $39.85 billion, around 16.75 percent of the Philippine economy in 2012.