Gokongwei named Management Man of the Year
THE Management Association of the Philippines (M.A.P.) announced the selection of John Gokongwei, Jr., founder and chair emeritus of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., as the recipient of the “M.A.P. Management Man of the Year 2017” award.
The “M.A.P. Management Man of the Year” is a prestigious award that M.A.P. bestows on individuals in the business community or government for attaining unquestioned distinction in the practice of management and for contributing to the country’s progress. The conferment of the award follows a thorough, stringent selection process. The distinction of “M.A.P. Management Man of the Year” has only been conferred 41 times in the five decades history of the award.
The criteria for the award include integrity, leadership, and management qualities; contribution to nation building and values formation; effective stewardship within the confines of the highest standard of business and management practice; among others.
Mr. Gokongwei was chosen for: his business acumen and management qualities which steered the Gokongwei Group into remarkable growth through his foresight and exceptional ability to launch new ventures and transform existing ones to better adapt to challenging times and an unpredictable future; his leadership role in the substantial contributions of the Gokongwei Group to national development, job creation and income generation through its huge investments in food manufacturing, real estate, air transportation, banking, petrochemicals, shopping malls, livestock farming, publications, power generation, power distribution, and telecommunications; strengthening the identity of companies under the Gokongwei Group as socially responsible corporate citizens through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation’s developmental and scholarship programs on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education; for being an entrepreneur par excellence and an exemplar of Filipino talent in management excellence for nation building; and for his contributions to shaping national values and inspiring others by his outstanding achievements.