Lance Gokongwei

$976.42M

as of 04/02/24

About Lance Gokongwei

Lance Gokongwei is the only son of the late John Gokongwei Jr. who founded JG Summit, one of the Philippines' largest conglomerates.

He now serves as chief executive of the company, which spans interests in airlines, telecom, banking, food, power and property.

He also has a stake in Robinsons Retail, one of the Philippines' largest retailers, which was started by his father as a department store in 1980.

Gokongwei got his start selling Jack 'n Jill snacks to supermarkets and sari-sari stores in the Philippines.

Philippine budget airline Cebu Air, a subsidiary of his family's JG Summit, is in talks to order 150 new aircraft within the first half of 2024.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Philippines

Source of wealth

Diversified

Residence

Manila, Philippines

Marital status

Married

Birth date

12/01/67 (age 56)

Education

Bachelor of Science, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Self-made

inherited and growing

Lance Gokongwei’s fortune is worth

16K

troy ounces of gold

15K

median U.S. household

10K

median U.S. income

0.02%

U.S. credit card volume

0.004%

GDP of the United States

0.003%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

PHILIPPINES | JGS-PH

JG Summit Holdings Inc.

PHILIPPINES | RLC-PH

Robinsons Land Corp.

PHILIPPINES | RRHI-PH

Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.

PHILIPPINES | PIZZA-PH

Shakeys Pizza Asia Ventures

PHILIPPINES | URC-PH

Universal Robina Corp.