being a board topnotch and honor graduate will give one an edge in landing jobs or even offered a high paying job in big companies but it's not a guarantee to succeed in the corporate world. nowadays continuous education and pursuing master's degree, post college and specialized training are needed to progress in one's career. A lot of smart people who are not topnotch but simply are innovative, with foresight, self initiative, perseverance, hard work are successful and leaders in their fields, examples are Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft now one of the world's richest billionaires, locally in Cebu "king of Philippine mango export" Mr. Justin Uy the founder, CEO of the largest fruit processing export company in the Phils. Profoods International.
While studying chemical engineering at USC he was already helping his parents run their family business starting with coconut processing, activated charcoal, mango processing to various processed fruits (pineapple, jack fruit, durian, rambostan, other tropical fruits), now their company have dozen processing plants or factories in Cebu, Luzon and Mindanao areas with state-of-the-art technologies and internationally certified on quality, food hygiene, good manufacturing standards. Their products have reached supermarkets in US, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia carrying the Philippine Brand. Mr. Uy has been awarded as the Top Businessman of the Phils., TOYM, Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Phils. for Entrepreneurship, Outstanding Carolinian Alumni for entrepreneurship, etc. Now at his early fifties, he is one of the youngest billionaires of the country with his diversification into real estate and tourism such the JCenter Mall in Mandaue City and Imperial Resort Hotel in Mactan.



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