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Top Philippine Entrepreneurs attend the first Entrepreneur Of The Year World Summit
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program recently held its first-ever World Summit in Singapore. The World Summit gathered the world’s best entrepreneurs including past winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year program, to plan and strategize the next move toward continued success in business. The focus was the rise of Asia as an economic powerhouse.
Among the speakers in the World Summit were former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, Senior Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong, Donald H. Straszheim of Straszheim Global Advisors, George Yip of London Business School, and award-winning author David Bornstein.
The Philippine delegation was led by SGV & Co. Chairman and Managing Partner, David L. Balangue. Photo shows the Philippine delegation (from L): World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 Tony Tan Caktiong (President and CEO of Jollibee Foods Corp.), Small Business Entrepreneur 2003 Pacita U. Juan (President of Figaro Coffee Co., Inc.), Balangue, Mrs. Grace Tan Caktiong, Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2004 finalist Ricarte A. Gapuz, Jr. (Chairman of the R.A. Gapuz Review Center), and Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2004 finalist Jimmy L. Thai (President of Primer International Holdings and Management, Inc.).
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