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MANILA – Villar Group is working with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and EEI for the conversion of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls 1 to 3 into a much-needed facility for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in 10 days’ time.

Filipino business tycoons Manuel Villar and Enrique Razon are entering the new decade as the only Philippine billionaires to make it on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which lists the 500 wealthiest people in the world.

The index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest, and the figures and rankings are updated at the end of every business day after the trading floor closes in New York.

With the release of the latest Forbes list of the wealthiest people in the Philippines, Manuel "Manny" Villar, Jr. now finds himself rising to the #2 spot—after tripling his net worth to US$5 billion, from $1.65 billion in 2017.

Entrepreneur, real estate tycoon, congressman, Speaker of the House of Representatives, senator, presidential candidate: Manuel Villar, Jr. has led a rich life—in more ways than one. We look back at this interview Villar did with Esquire Philippines in May 2015.