Manuel V. Pangilinan

Manuel V. Pangilinan is the CEO of First Pacific Co, a Hong Kong-based investment company that he co-founded in 1981. Today, MVP, as he is often referred to, is the chair and CEO of PLDT and Smart Communications as well as chair of Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Manila Electric Co., Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., NLEX Corp., Philex Mining Corp, Metro Pacific Hospitals Holdings Inc., Mediaquest Holdings, and TV5. As a sports patron, he is the chair of the MVP Sports Foundation and chair emeritus of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.