11/15/2019 · Lance Gokongwei’s Eulogy for His Father John Gokongwei, Jr. Lance Gokongwei delivers the final send-off for his father, industrialist John Gokongwei Jr. By Lance Gokongwei | Nov 15, 2019, 11/12/2019 · MANILA — The late tycoon John Gokongwei ‘s eldest daughter recalled how her kidnappers complained that he was willing to give her away because he has 6 other children, one of many stories in a eulogy for her mentor-father.. Gokongwei , of course, was following the advice of then-police colonel Panfilo Lacson who led her rescue without a ransom payoff.
11/15/2019 · In this eulogy by his son Lance , his successor, the late industrialist is painted as the “common Juan.” “If you don’t work, you don’t eat,” John Gokongwei always liked to say. Travel, 11/15/2019 · Lance Y. Gokongwei ‘s eulogy for his father, John Gokongwei Jr.
can be read below: On behalf of my mother, Elizabeth, my sisters, Robina, Lisa, Faith, Hope, and Marcia, my uncles Eddie and James, my auntie Lily, my wife Jay and my children, in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews, I would like to thank everyone who has come to visit our family …
11/15/2019 · In an earlier eulogy by elder sister Robina Gokongwei -Pe, she said her father made sure she and Lance worked in the storage rooms of Robinsons Department Store, where there was no air conditioning, to teach them the value of hard work. Lance , she said, was made to sort through bras.
11/16/2019 · “He taught us everything that we needed to know,” said eldest Gokongwei grandchild Justin Pe yesterday in his eulogy for his grandfather. This included humility, never acting like he’s entitled, and—because he’s single—to “play around”.
11/17/2019 · Gokongwei was born in Fujian province, southern China, as a fourth-generation scion of a rich family whose great-grandfather was the immigrant tycoon and Cebu Chinese community leader Pedro Gotiaoco.
11/15/2019 · In his eulogy for his father John Gokongwei Jr.
Lance Gokongwei says that while “Big John” was larger than life, he was at the same time an “ordinary Juan” who built a business empire through hard work, frugality and a love for family and reading. Lance adds that he has accepted the challenge of his […], 11/18/2019 · Lance Gokongwei ’s Eulogy for His Father John Gokongwei , Jr. ‘My Angkong’s Noodles’ publisher Elizabeth Gokongwei Photo by JINGGO MONTENEJO. In light of her passing, we remember the philanthropist, patron of the arts, …
11/12/2019 · On the first day of the wake of her father, the late industrialist John Gokongwei , Jr.
Robina Gokongwei Pe, gave an eloquent eulogy laced with humor and tenderness. Pe is the president and CEO of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. and the eldest of the tycoon’s six children. … The thing is, when Lance was on summer vacation, he also put Lance in …
