From Tondo boy to Forbes philanthropistFresh from his executive medical check-up, San Miguel’s Ramon S. Ang told his audience of ageing newspaper columnists that health is wealth. Some eyebrows were likely raised when Forbes Asia named him as the sole Filipino philanthropist in a group of 15 top philanthropists in the region. But the outcast from the “Good Ol’ Boys Club” of Makati business big shots, caught the attention of Forbes Asia instead. The Tondo Boy is familiar with the dire poverty in Tondo, so he established the first of four Better World Community Centers there. Other centers are: Better World Cubao (focused on women’s health), Better World Diliman (a farmers’ market) and the most recent is Better World Smokey Mountain, which is a learning facility.

Source: Forbes December 10, 2023 16:54 UTC