Top 10 Richest Men in the Philippines

1. Henry Sy - born October 25, 1924) is a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder of SM Group and chairman of SM Prime Holdings, the largest retailer and shopping mall operator in the Philippines.

2. Lucio Tan - (born July 17, 1934) is one of the most prominent business magnates in the Philippines. He owns Asia Brewery, the second largest brewery in the Philippines, Tanduay Holdings, one of the world's largest rum makers, Fortune Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in the country, Philippine Airlines the Philippines' flag carrier, (these companies are just some of the 300 companies that Tan controls).

3. Jaime Zobel de Ayala - (born 1934), also known as Jaime Zobel de Ayala, is a prominent Filipino businessman and photographer of German, Basque and Spanish descent.

4. Andrew Tan - is an entrepreneur from the Philippines who engages in real estate, liquor and fast food. According to a 2007 edition of the Forbes Magazine, Tan became the Philippines' fourth billionaire after Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Henry Sy and Lucio Tan (no relation). His fortune that year was $1.1 Billion.

5. Tony Tan Caktiong - is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering. Caktiong had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded Jollibee, then subsequently added additional dishes such as hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken.

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Top 10 Highest Paid Celebrities in the Philippines

1. Kris Aquino - (born February 14, 1971) is a Chinese Filipino television and movie personality. Aquino has gained prominence due to numerous endorsements, talk shows, and game shows.

2. Willie Revillame - (born Wilfredo Buendia Revillame, January 27, 1961), is a Filipino actor and tv host. He is currently the host of ABS-CBN's noontime variety show Wowowee.

3. Angel Locsin - (born Angelica Colmenares on April 23, 1985), is a television and film actress, commercial model, film producer and fashion designer in the Philippines.

4. Piolo Pascual - (born January 12, 1977, in Manila, Philippines) is Filipino actor, model, musician (The Hunks), and film producer.

5. Richard Guttierez - Richard Kristian Rama Gutierrez, popularly known as Richard Gutierrez (born January 21, 1984 in Beverly Hills, California), is a Filipino-American film and television actor, and commercial model.
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Top 10 Richest Men in the World

1. William Henry (Bill) Gates III - (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman, and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest computer software company. According to Forbes magazine, Gates is the world's wealthiest person, with a net worth of approximately US$40 billion, as of 2009, losing $18 billion from the $58 billion he held in 2008 but still enough to regain him the top spot (he had slipped to third richest in 2008).

2. Warren Edward Buffett - (born August 30, 1930) is a wealthy American investor and businessman. Nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha", Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through his company Berkshire Hathaway, in which he holds a greater than 31% stake.

3. Carlos Slim Helú - (born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City) is Latin America's richest man (and #3 in the world in 2009) according to Forbes, losing $25 billion from his $60 billion fortune during 2008.

4. Lawrence Ellison - (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software firm. In 2008, Lawrence Ellison lost $2.5 billion, dropping from a $25 billion fortune to $22.5 billion but still enough to push him from fourteenth richest man in 2008 to fourth richest man in 2009.

5. Ingvar Kamprad - (born March 30, 1926) is an industrialist from Sweden. He founded IKEA, the home furnishing retail chain, in 1943.
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Top 10 Universities and Colleges in the World 2009

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States

2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Mexico

3. Harvard University - United States

4. University of California, Berkeley - United States

5. Cornell University - United States

6. Purdue University - United States

7. Yale University - United States

8. University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

9. Indiana University - System - United States

10. University of Oxford - United Kingdom