QUICK QUESTIONS

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?

Company losing money and not growing.

WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU ANGRY?

Missed opportunities.

WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO WORK HARD?

Family and people.

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?

Jokes

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO?

Help my kids create their own business.

IF YOU COULD SHARE A MEAL WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL LIVING OR DEAD, WHO WOULD HE OR SHE BE?

Steve Jobs. He was careeroriented in the corporate world before he died. He was speaking differently. I want to understand him deeper. He’ll be someone I want to be next to and chat with.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS?

Retired. I’m not any younger, I’m 57. I’ll be retired in 10 years and maybe just doing consultancy work or helping other people.

WHAT CELEBRITY WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET FOR A CUP OF COFFEE?

I’d like to meet our president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., and maybe learn a thing or two about running companies.

WHAT IS THE MOST DARING THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE?

Making a bid for a farm lot in Cavite in 2009. I had no money then, but I really liked the lot, but I didn’t have the money. But I made the bid. I told the owner, if you give me this price, I’ll buy it in cash. Given the price, I had to borrow without talking to the source.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU WILL NEVER DO AGAIN?

When I was young, first year high school, there was a group of guys I barged into in Quezon City, where I visited my elementary classmate. He had an older brother with a gang. I called them thugs since they were already in college.

So when I barged into his house, the older guys were smoking marijuana. The older brother forced me to do that. I didn’t like it, but if I didn’t do it, I knew I was in trouble. I smoked one, but I swear, I would never do that again. That was against my principles. My close friend, I never considered him a friend since then. He never protected me.