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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-BusM7hW9A?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Matunog ang pangalan ngayon ni Lester Pimentel Ong bilang direktor ng hit ABS-CBN TV series na “Incognito” na pinagbibidahan nina Daniel Padilla, Richard Gutierrez at iba pa.</p><p>Pero alam niyo ba na isa rin siyang matagumpay na boss ng kaniyang iba’t ibang food business sa Pilipinas.</p><p>Halos dalawang dekada na ang nakararaan nang sugalan ni Lester ang pagnenegosyo.</p><p>Sa naging panayam sa kaniya ni Migs Bustos para sa programang “My Puhunan: Kaya Mo!”, nang humina ang paggawa ng mga pelikula noon early 2000 dahil umano sa pamimirata, nag-isip siya ng paraan para tuloy ang pasok ng kaniyang kita.</p><p>“Kakauso lang ng piracy. Maraming producers ang tumigil mag-produce ng action films so ‘yung mga people working in the action industry like us walang trabaho. With my remaining ipon na P80,000 I started a small food kiosk which i named it ‘Rice in a box,’”kuwento ni Lester.</p><p>Hindi niya sukat akalain na mapapalago niya ang kiosk na kaniyang sinimulan.</p><p>Nagkaroon ito ng iba’t ibang branches sa buong bansa hanggang sa nabigyan siya ng pagkakataon na magbukas ng isang Chinese-Singaporean restaurant sa Quezon City katuwang ang isang Singaporean partner at ang aktor na si Richard Yap.</p><p>“Initially kasi nag-open ako ng Filipino restaurant sa Singapore, and then after four years of operating it there&#x27;s a difficulty of hiring Filipino working visa for Filipino workers in Singapore so we have to shut down operation there. I thought of moving the operations here,” pagdedetalye ni Lester.</p><p>Sa ngayon, pinagsasabay pa rin niya ang pagiging direktor at ang pagiging negosyante.</p><p>Panoorin ang buhay negosyante ni Direk Lester Pimentel Ong dito sa “My Puhunan: Kaya Mo!” kasama si Migs Bustos.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6npOFxZcKw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Pinagsasabay ni Direk Lester Pimentel Ong ang pagiging direktor ng mga pelikula at teleserye at ang pagiging isang boss ng kaniyang maraming negosyo.</p>

Pinagsasabay ni Direk Lester Pimentel Ong ang pagiging direktor ng mga pelikula at teleserye at ang pagiging isang boss ng kaniyang maraming negosyo.

‘My Puhunan: Kaya Mo!’: Direktor ng ‘Incognito’ isa ring matagumpay na negosyante

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‘My Puhunan: Kaya Mo!’: Direktor ng ‘Incognito’ isa ring matagumpay na negosyante

Sherwin Tinampay,

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Janica Daguman,

ABS-CBN News Intern

Published Jun 30, 2025 08:39 AM PHT

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