This 32-year-old techie believes that the only way for the Philippines to move forward is to educate more professionals on financial literacy. The founder of FinancePH Group of Companies, Mark sees himself as a “farm boy.” His family hails from Negros Oriental province: his father is from the municipality of Pamplona, while his mother comes from Santa Catalina. In grade school, Mark learned to create simple websites, having observed how the information technology (IT) in the computer shops went about it. In college, Mark pleaded with his mother to allow him take to pursue an IT course to no avail. “When I have funds from the [insurance] company, I go back to the mountains [in Negros] and donate school supplies, books and money for repairs,” he says.

Source: Manila Times November 21, 2020 16:28 UTC