List of Top 10 Richest Billionaires in the Philippines as to Forbes Release
RICHEST BILLIONAIRES IN THE PHILIPPINES – Here are the 10 wealthiest people in the Philippines this year 2025 and their net worth.
In every country, there are wealthy individuals whose net worth are really jaw-dropping. In fact, their multi-million (if not multi-billion) net worth usually leaves an ordinary individual wondering how they were able to acquire such wealth.
Undeniably, most of the richest people in the world are the big names in the business fields. There are only a few of them who are in the political arena, sports, entertainment or the showbiz industry, and other fields apart from showbiz.
Every year, Forbes, an American business magazine, releases the lists of the wealthiest people in the different countries. The magazine also lists the primary sources of income of these millionaires and billionaires as well as the trend of the movement of their net worth through the years.
In the Philippines, for several years now, Manny Villar is the richest individual Filipino in terms of billionaires’ net worth. As of April 2025, based on Forbes’ Philippines 50 Richest, here are the Top 10 Richest Billionaires in the Philippines based on their current net worth:
1. Manuel Villar: $17 billion (real estate business)
2. Sy siblings: $13 billion (diversified income)
3. Enrique Razon Jr.: $10.6 billion (logistics business)
4. Ramon Ang: $3.8 billion (food and beverage)
5. Isidro Consunji & siblings: $3.4 billion (construction and engineering)
6. Tony Tan Caktiong & Family: $2.9 billion (food and beverage)
7. Lucio Tan: $2.65 billion (diversified)
8. Jaime Zobel de Ayala: $2.6 billion (diversified income)
9. Lucio & Susan Co: $2.3 billion (fashion and retail business)
10. Aboitiz Family: $2.2 billion (diversified income)
Forbes stated that Manny Villar who tops the list of the Top 10 Richest Billionaires in the Philippines is the chairman of property developer Vista Land & Lifescapes. The same company is run by his son, Manuel Paolo.
Villar’s other children, Mark and Camille, are in the political arena now like his wife, Cynthia, who is an incumbent senator in the Philippines. The Villar matriarch is running for congress in the upcoming May 2025 Elections.
Manny Villar has a huge stage in Golden MV Holdings or formerly known a Golden Bria, a property developer firm that is on top of the construction of Villar City which is “a 3,500-hectare master-planned community south of Manila”.
The top 1 of the Top 10 Richest Billionaires in the Philippines as of this writing also have the following in his listed entities:
- mall operator Vistamalls
- property landlord VistaREIT
- home improvement chain AllHome
- supermarket chain AllDay Marts
- Premiere Island Power REIT