Jon Ramon Aboitiz, is a Filipino

Philippines

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 businessman, and the president of the Aboitiz & Co., and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., part of the Aboitiz Group. Aboitiz descends from a Spanish family in Cebu

Cebu

Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...

, with ancestry tracing back to the Basque Country in northern Spain

Spain

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He started with the Aboitiz Group in 1970, after graduating from the University of Santa Clara, California

California

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 with a degree of B.S. Commerce, major in Management. From a manager he became its president in 1976 and in 1991 became president of Aboitiz & Co. of the Aboitiz Shipping Corp.,

He now holds various positions in the Aboitiz Group, including chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Davao Light & Power Co., Inc.

Davao Light & Power Co., Inc.

Davao Light and Power Company is the third largest privately owned electric utility in the Philippines and led by CEO Jon Ramon Aboitiz. One of the countrys top 300 corporations, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aboitiz Group of Companies investment arm, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.In the...

, chairman of Veco and Aboitiz Jebsen Bulk Transport Corp., and director of Hapag-Lloyed Phils., Cotabato Ice Plant Inc. and Bukidnon Hydropower Corp.

Aboitiz also serves as trustee of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., the Aboitiz Group Foundation Inc. and the Association of Philippine Foundations, and is a member of the Board of Advisors, Washington Sycip Policy Forum at the Asian Institute of Management

Asian Institute of Management

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External links

• http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/86/philippines-billionaires-09_Jon-Ramon-Aboitiz_IOLY.html
• http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=30466794&ticker=AEV:PM&previousCapId=30854892&previousTitle=ABOITIZ%20POWER%20COR
• http://www.people.nfo.ph/businessman/jon-ramon-aboitiz/
• http://www.sunstar.com.ph/superbalita-cebu/balita/presidente-nia-sa-sugbo
• Aboitiz Group