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Teresita Sy-Coson
Philippines 75 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Diversified
- Industry
- Diversified
- Residence
- Manila
- Education
- Assumption College (Bachelor of Science)
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
Assets
- Ayala Corp.243,000 shares @ --AC-PH
- Banco De Oro Unibank Inc.47,101,000 shares @ --BDO-PH
- Belle Corp.218,134,000 shares @ --BEL-PH
- China Banking Corp.36,423,000 shares @ --CBC-PH
- D.M. Wenceslao & Associates286,000 shares @ --DMW-PH
- Far Eastern University Inc.438,000 shares @ --FEU-PH
- Jollibee Foods Corp.29,000 shares @ --JFC-PH
- SM Investments Corp.95,030,000 shares @ --SM-PH
- SM Prime Holdings Inc.728,370,000 shares @ --SMPH-PH
Biography
Teresita Sy-Coson is vice chairperson of SM Investments, one of the country's largest conglomerates started by her late father Henry Sy.
She is the eldest child of the group's founder.
Her SM experience spans retail merchandising, mall development and banking.
She also serves as the chairperson of BDO Unibank, a retail bank.
Her husband was Chinese lumber tycoon Louis Coson who died in 2003.
About
Her father discouraged her from graduate studies and said, "Come work with me; it's the school of hard knocks."
At age 22 she helped open SM's first department store in Manila.
In 2022, SM Investments agreed to acquire Philippine Geothermal Production in a $304 million, all-share deal in a bid to lower its carbon footprint.