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The Boss: What you don't know about Lance Gokongwei

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Cathy Yang, ANC

<div id="fb-root"> </div><script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3';  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/754023811376731/videos/vb.754023811376731/844496728996105/?type=3"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/754023811376731/videos/844496728996105/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/754023811376731/videos/844496728996105/">THE BOSS</a><p>THE BOSSCatch the premiere airing of my new weekly biz magazine show on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), tonight at 1730 Manila time. Looking forward to sharing with you all my candid chats with the world&#x27;s movers and shakers and disruptive entrepreneurial spirits from our home country, the Philippines, a bright spark in the world of emerging markets. #TheBoss</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cathy-Yang-754023811376731/">Cathy Yang</a> on Tuesday, February 9, 2016</blockquote></div></div><p>MANILA – Lance Gokongwei is the captain of many ships under his family-owned conglomerate.</p><p>He runs the airline business under Cebu Pacific, the food and beverage unit under Universal Robina Corporation, petrochemicals even under JG Summit.</p><p>But he does manage to find time for some down time and the latest one he&#x27;s had was while his carrier, codenamed 5J, ferried us all over the country and overseas during the busy Christmas and New Year holidays.</p><div><strong>So where did he and his family go?</strong></div><p>Nowhere, he said, he just stayed home right here in Manila, where it was nice and quiet, and free of the holiday rush traffic.</p><p>Beyond that, he&#x27;s managed to catch up with his book reads in between board meetings and shuttling to and from Manila.</p><p>“I always leave time for myself and I spent it reading and working out,” Gokongwei said.</p><p>When he turns the big 5-0 next year, here&#x27;s what he said: &quot;My kids remind me all the time…I&#x27;m not planning anything. Maybe my wife will plan something with a few friends. I find that really stressful, planning these things. I try to avoid unnecessary stress if possible,&quot; he said.</p><p>Catch the full interview of Lance Gokongwei on the premiere airing of &quot;The Boss&quot; at 7:30 p.m. on ANC.</p>

MANILA – Lance Gokongwei is the captain of many ships under his family-owned conglomerate.

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The Boss: What you don't know about Lance Gokongwei

Cathy Yang,

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Published Feb 10, 2016 06:39 PM PHT

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