Villar is only Filipino in Bloomberg's list of world's richest 500
Business tycoon Manuel B. Villar (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the market value of his publicly-listed businesses, self-made billionaire Villar has been ranked by Bloomberg as the 382 ndrichest in the world as of January 9, 2021. Villar’s fortune, consisting of businesses in real estate, retail and utilities, is estimated to be worth US$6.76 billion—managing to grow US$92.7 million or 1.4 percent from the same day last year despite the stock market crash triggered by pandemic in 2020. The Bloomberg list ranks Tesla’s Elon Musk as the world’s richest wit...