Manuel Villar net worth
Manuel Villar Net Worth: Manuel Villar is a Filipino businessman and politician with a net worth of $1.05 billion. As a former Philippine Senator and current President of the National Party, he is also active in the private sector through listed real estate companies Vista Land & Lifescapes and Polar Property Holdings.
Born Manuel Bamba Villar, Jr. on December 13, 1949, in Tondo, a poor and densely populated area of Manila, he went from carpet to fortune unbelievably. After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he started working as an accountant and financial analyst before launching a very successful business in the real estate sector. Today, Villar has built more than 200,000 homes, making him one of the richest men in the country. He entered politics in 1992 when he got elected Congressman the district of Las Piñas-Muntinlupa. Later on, Villar became Speaker of the House of Representatives and then he was elected Senator in 2001, as well as served as Senate President from 2006 to 2008. Manuel Villar decided to withdraw from politics in 2010 when he lost the presidential bid to Benigno Aquino 3. Since then, he has only focused on his own business, keeping his two children actively involved in day-to-day operations while his youngest son Mark Choose to be a member of Congress.
