Henry Sy over John Gokongwei
* 1. HENRY SY Age: 81 Net Worth: 1.5 Marital Status: married, 6 children JOHN GOKONGWEI NETWORTH: $430 million AGE: 81 MARITAL STATUS: Married, 6 children * 2. THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHTS Residential centers is garments His clothes off the rack at a bargain sale at Robinsons Ready-Made shirts, his tailor is Aman Hing Chiong, whose shop is at the Mandarin Hotel in Hongkong Not known to be extravagant with his emotions or demonstrations of feelings He likes the Russian composers romanticists like Tschaikovsky whose music supplies all the emotions he is not supposed to show when he’s at the negotiating table He is competitive No competitive sport for fun or He is competitive No competitive sport for fun or fame; no barkada March 1989, 2 week vacation in Health Center at the Pritikin Longerity Centre in Los Angeles, he learned about food and how it is ingested by the body-fruits, vegetable, grains, noodles-stay away from pepper, sugar, coffe, fats and alcohol Jogging, Swimming, Shooting at San Francisco He’s learning that traveling for business and pleasure is both possible and enjoyable. Takes quick trip to either Bangkok or Hongkong San Andres Bukid Dresses Dapperly in elegant designer More relaxed in t-shirts which he often wears to work Life are free He collects the works of painter Juvenal Sanso He is very limited social life Occasionally has a sip of brandy or simply because he values his health like John Gokongwei On vacation, “Opportunities might crop up and swift decisions have to be made Working holidays between Christmas and New year His no “off-season” philosophy must have been routed in the early retail days when he realized that when everybody else is “off from work” that is the time they go shopping Shoemart remains open. December 25 or 31 “That’s when we earn most” Travels to the United States and Europe in the 1950’s-1970’s It was for him, an absorption time that sharpened his entrepreneurial skills Vacations are usually rejuvenating and