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RuSteD
					
				 
				Heres the 2008 list:
Top Richest Filipinos 2008 List - Forbes
   1. Henry Sy & family
      Networth: $3.1 billion
      Age: 83
      Marital Status: Married, 6 children
      His SM Prime Holdings is the Philippines’ largest shopping mall developer. Owns Banco de Oro (BDO), the Philippines’ second-largest bank.
 
  2. Lucio Tan & family
      Networth: $1.5 billion
      Age: 74
      Marital Status: Married, 6 children
      Former chemical engineer from China who mopped floors to pay for school. Owns Fortune Tobacco, nation’s largest cigarette maker; Philippines Airlines, country’s leading airline; Asia Brewery, maker of beer (Beer na Beer) and alcoholic beverages; and mining operations.
  
 3. Jaime Zobel de Ayala & family
      Networth: $1.2 billion
      Age: 74
      Marital Status: Married, 7 children
      Personally holds no shares; wealth now in children’s hands. Jaime is chairman emeritus of the country’s largest conglomerate, Ayala Corporation while eldest son, Jaime Augusto, is chief executive. Holdings include Globe Telecom, Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands, and several other real estate and BPO companies.
   
   4. Andrew Tan - $700 million
   5. Tony Tan Caktiong & family - $690 million
   6. John Gokongwei Jr. & family - $680 million, 81 years old
   7. Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. - $610 million, 73 years old
   8. Enrique Razon Jr. - $525 million, 48 years old
   9. George Ty & family - $435 million, 75 years old
  10. Inigo & Mercedes Zobel - $430 million
  11. Manuel Villar - $425 million, 58 years old
  12. Emilio Yap & family - $420 million, 82 years old
  13. Vivian Que Azcona & family - $360 million
  14. Beatrice Campos & family - $325 million
  15. Luis Virata - $270 million, 54 years old
  16. Oscar Lopez & family - $240 million, 78 years old
  17. Andrew Gotianun - $235 million, 80 years old
  18. Alfonso Yuchengco & family - $200 million, 85 years old
  19. Mariano Tan & family - $195 million
  20. Manuel Zamora - $130 million, 69 years old
  21. Menardo Jimenez & family - $129 million, 76 years old
  22. Gilberto Duavit & family - $127 million, 73 years old
  23. Alfredo Ramos - $126 million, 64 years old
  24. Jon Ramon Aboitiz & family - $125 million, 59 years old
  25. Felipe Gozon & family - $110 million, 68 years old
  26. David Consunji & family - $105 million, 87 years old
  27. Rolando & Rosalinda Hortaleza - $90 million, 49/51 years old
  28. Eugenio Lopez III & family - $85 million, 56 years old
  29. Betty Ang - $80 million
  30. Tomas Alcantara & family - $75 million, 62 years old
  31. Lourdes Montinola & family $68 million, 80 years old
  32. Salvador Zamora - $67 million, 62 years old
  33. Philip Ang - $63 million, 67 years old
  34. Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Sr. & family - $55 million, 81 years old
  35. Enrique Aboitiz & family - $50 million, 86 years old
  36. Frederick Dy - $49 million, 53 years old
  37. Bienvenido R. Tantoco Sr. & family - $45 million, 87 years old
  38. Jesus Tambunting - $40 million, 71 years old
  39. Manuel Pangilinan - $39 million, 62 years old
  40. Marixi Rufino-Prieto & family - $30 million, 68 years old