11. Helen Yuchengco Dee
Helen Dee is one of the most talented businesswomen in the Philippines. She is the eldest child of RCBC and Malayan Insurance chairman Alfonso Yuchengco and the late Paz SyCip. Her husband is the respected banker Peter S. Dee of Chinabank.
12. Mercedes Tan Gotianun
Mercedes Gotianun is the wife and business partner of Filinvest Group founder Andrew Gotianun. Her maternal grandfather Vicente Gotamco was a pre-war lumber magnate and Chinese community leader. She is known to be a University of the Philippines Summa Cum Laude graduate.
13. Mercedes Zobel
Mercedes Zobel is the daughter of Enrique Zobel, the late Ayala conglomerate chairman.
14. Susana “Chuchu” Abad Santos Madrigal-Eduque
Susana is an heiress to the late “Chito” Madrigal-Collantes. Her family supports the NGO Habitat for Humanity.
15. Ana Maria Gizela “Ging” Madrigal Gonzales-Montinola
Ana is a lawyer and the wife of BPI President Aurelio “Gigi” Montinola III. She is also the heiress of the late Consuelo “Chito” Madrigal-Collantes.
16. Socorro Cancio Ramos
Soccoro is the legendary entrepreneur behind the leading National Bookstore and Powerbooks chains. She is a daughter of a Chinese immigrant, as well as the woman in charge of the Ramos clan in the mining and realty business.
17. Vicki Belo
Vicki is a well-known doctor in the industry, a successful entrepreneur who has built up the Belo and Flawless beauty chains. She is also a descendant of Nicasio Chiong Veloso of Cebu; a famous Spanish colonial era Chinese immigrant tycoon.
18. Jinkee Pacquiao
Jinkee is the wife of the renowned boxing world champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao.
19. Vilma Santos-Recto
Vilma, popularly known as the “Star for All Seasons”, is a multi-awarded actress who is also the governor of Batangas and wife of Senator Ralph Recto. She said that the insolvency she experienced during her youth taught her the importance of saving her earnings and investing it wisely.
20. Susan Roces
Susan is the widow of the late “King of Philippine Movies” Fernando Poe, Jr. She was a movie queen of the past and is still active in showbiz right now.
21. Sharon Cuneta Pangilinan
Sharon is known as the Megastar and wife of Senator Kiko Pangilinan. She has been one of the top savers and successful realty investor in over three decades of her success with singing, movie acting and TV hosting.
22. Kris Aquino
Kris is said to be one of the biggest earners and possibly the no.1 most popular celebrity endorser in the country. It also said that she could easily earn Php 100 million every year just with her commercial endorsements.
23. Lani Mercado Revilla
Lani is the wife of Senator Bong Revilla is said to be a good money saver. She is also a top actress before.
24. Mother Lily Yu Monteverde
Mother Lily is an amazing woman who built her fortune all by herself. She is also the founder of Regal Films, the owner of Imperial Palace Suites, and the daughter of the late 1950s copra tycoon Domingo Yu Chu.
25. Amalia Fuentes
This Chinese/German-Spanish Bicolana (mestiza) is a former queen of movies who has widely invested her earnings in prime real estate properties from New Manila in Quezon City to Makati and all the way to Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa for decades. It was said that the income during her glory days from all her movie contracts is to be used for buying a house in Dasmariñas Village in Makati.