Manuel Villar
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Manuel Villar

Philippines 76 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Real estate
Industry
Real Estate
Residence
Manila
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • All Home Corp
    2,540,108,000 shares @ -
    -
    HOME-PH
  • Allday Marts
    15,312,286,000 shares @ -
    -
    ALLDY-PH
  • Premiere Island Power REIT
    1,680,429,000 shares @ -
    -
    PREIT-PH
  • Starmalls
    114,880,000 shares @ -
    -
    STR-PH
  • Villar Land
    256,862,000 shares @ -
    -
    VLC-PH
  • Vista Land & Lifescapes
    9,629,813,000 shares @ -
    -
    VLL-PH
  • VistaREIT
    448,700,000 shares @ -
    -
    VREIT-PH

Biography

Manuel Villar is the chairman of property developer Vista Land & Lifescapes run by his son Manuel Paolo.

Villar's biggest asset is his stake in Villar Land Holdings (formerly Golden MV Holdings), a property developer which is building Villar City, a 3,500-hectare master-planned community south of Manila.

He also has five other listed entities including mall operator Vistamalls, property landlord VistaREIT, home improvement chain AllHome, supermarket chain AllDay Marts and Premiere Island Power REIT.

Villar is diversifying his business with new investments in free-to-air TV and plans to build a casino and a theme park in southern Metro Manila.

His son Mark and daughter Camille are senators in the Philippines.

About

Villar has been involved in politics and held positions including congressman, speaker of the house of representatives, senator and senate president.

As a child, Villar helped his mother sell seafood in a Manila market.