Biography of manny pangilinan

Manuel “Manny” V. Pangilinan, 77, is a business mogul who built his career as an investment banker in Hong Kong. He is involved in three top media outlets in the country: television station TV5 and the leading broadsheets The Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Also known as MVP, he is the concurrent chairman of PLDT and its media arm MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. which owns at least 14 media outlets, including radio, newspapers, television and online platforms. He built the media empire in the Philippines by way of PLDT, specifically using its employees’ pension fund, to establish MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.

in June 1999, which now maintains assets worth PhP26.608 billion (around US$468 million).

Aside from sitting as chairman of PLDT, Pangilinan again assumed the concurrent role of president and chief executive officer of the telecommunication giant on Jan.

1, 2024 until a replacement for Alfredo Panlilio, who is retiring due to health reason