Roberto Ongpin

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Velayo and the surname or paternal family name is Ongpin.

The Honorable
Roberto Ongpin
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
July 23, 1979 – February 25, 1986[1]
Serving with Luis Villafuerte (1979–1981)
PresidentFerdinand Marcos
Preceded byVicente Paterno
Succeeded byJose Concepcion Jr.
Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
In office
June 12, 1978 – June 30, 1984
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1937-01-06)January 6, 1937
Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
DiedFebruary 4, 2023(2023-02-04) (aged 86)
Polillo, Quezon, Philippines
Alma mater
ProfessionBusinessman
Known forChairman, CEO, and Director of Alphaland Corporation[2]

Roberto Velayo Ongpin (January 6, 1937 – February 4, 2023) was a Filipino businessman who served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry (initially as Minister of Industry) during the Marcos administration.[3] His younger brother Jaime served as the Minister of Finance of the Philippines under Marcos's successor, President Corazon Aquino.[4]

In the 2018 ranking by Forbes of the world's richest, Ongpin was named as the Philippines' twelfth wealthiest Filipino (up from sixteenth in 2017),[5] with a net worth US$3.72 billion.[6]

  1. ^ "The Secretary". DTI. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors and Executive Officers". Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Businessman Roberto V. Ongpin dies at 86". CNN Philippines. February 5, 2023. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Mydans, Seth (December 8, 1987). "Jaime Ongpin dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Filipino billionaires". Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Forbes richest list". Forbes. Retrieved March 12, 2018.