Manuel Velez Pangilinan

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Manuel Velez Pangilinan also known as Manny Pangilinan or by his initials MVP is a Filipino businessman born on 14 July 14, 1946 in Manila, Philippines from parents Dominador Reyes Pangilinan and Soledad Perreira Velez.

He went to San Beda College during his primary and high school; graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics; received his Master in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia in 1968; received his Honorary Doctorate in San Beda College, Manila in 2002, and another Honorary Doctorate in Xavier University in 2007.

As of 2016, he is the incumbent Chairman of PLDT from 1998; he is also the Chairman of TV5 Network, Philex Mining, Philex Petroleum, and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). ●