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Manny Villar

Manny Villar
Villar in 2009
20th President of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
July 24, 2006 – November 17, 2008
Preceded byFranklin Drilon
Succeeded byJuan Ponce Enrile
President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
July 23, 2001 – August 12, 2002
Preceded byBlas Ople
Succeeded byJuan Flavier
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2013
16th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
July 27, 1998 – November 13, 2000
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Preceded byJose de Venecia Jr.
Succeeded byArnulfo Fuentebella
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byCynthia Villar
ConstituencyLas Piñas
In office
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
Preceded byFilemon C. Aguilar
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLas Piñas–Muntinlupa
President of the Nacionalista Party
Assumed office
2003
Preceded bySalvador Laurel
Personal details
Born
Manuel Bamba Villar Jr.

(1949-12-13) December 13, 1949 (age 75)
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Political partyNacionalista (2003–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2000–2003)
LAMMP (1998–2000)
Lakas–NUCD (1992–1998)
Spouse
(m. 1975)
ChildrenManuel Paolo
Mark
Camille
Residence(s)Las Piñas, Metro Manila
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (BS, MBA)
OccupationBusinessperson
Known forChairman of Vista Land & Lifescapes
Chairman of Starmalls, Inc.
Chairman of Golden Bria Holdings, Inc.
Websitemannyvillar.com.ph

Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [bɪlˈjaɾ]; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the 20th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las PiñasMuntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. From 2019 to 2023, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $11.0 billion.

Villar was born to a poor family in Tondo, an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila.[1][2][3][4][5] After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst, then launched a highly successful business in real estate. Villar's companies have built over 200,000 homes,[3] and his business career made him the wealthiest person in the Philippines.[6]

He ran for president in the 2010 presidential elections under the Nacionalista Party, but lost to Benigno Aquino III.

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  5. ^ Maila Ager (March 29, 2010). "My brother died poor, Villar insists". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  6. ^ Abadilla, Doris Dumlao (March 6, 2019). "Manny Villar is richest of 17 Filipino billionaires on Forbes list". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

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