GLOBAL PINOY

WE GIVE YOU THIS YEAR'S LIST OF COMPELLING FILIPINO MEN AND WOMEN

IN 1978, A MAN MADE HISTORY WHEN HE OPENED A HOMEGROWN FAST FOOD CHAIN; A YOUNG DESIGNER TOOK AN APPRENTICESHIP POST IN A

LEGENDARY FASHION HOUSE IN LONDON; AND A PHOTOGRAPHER DIVERSIFIED HIS CAREER AND SOON FOUND HIMSELF WORKING AS A DESIGNER EDITOR-CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST, MOST PRESTIGIOUS FASHION MAGAZINES. IN THE U.S., A FILIPINO-AMERICAN

BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN HEAD COACH

OF THE FOUR MAJOR AMERICAN SPORTS LEAGUES AND THE FIRST TO WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, AND AN OPM ICON HAS FOUND HER WAY BACK TO HER FIRST LOVE—MUSIC. ONLINE, A JOURNALIST TURNED SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY HAS EMERGED INTO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOICES IN INTERNATIONAL FASHION ALONG WITH ANOTHER REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL WHO PIONEERED THE

FIRST SOCIAL NEWS NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE ALL CONNECTED THROUGH THEIR HERITAGE AND ARE EXEMPLARS OF FILIPINO EXCELLENCE. THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES

SUCCESSFULLY, INSPIRING THE REST OF US TO PURSUE INDIVIDUALITY THROUGH THEIR EXAMPLE. ALL OF THEM ARE IN MEGA'S PINOY PRIDE ISSUE. ENTREPRENEURS, CREATIVES, ATHLETES, ONLINE MEDIA PRACTITIONERS AND PERFORMERS—THEY DEFINE THE NEW BREED OF GLOABL FILIPINOS.—SRS