Erramon aboitiz biography for kids
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Filipino family business Aboitiz Equity Ventures extends tenure of fourth-gen CEO
Erramon Aboitiz, the fourth-gen chief executive officer of Filipino family business Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has postponed his retirement plans for three years in order to ensure a smooth leadership transition for his children.
According to a company statement, the board extended Aboitiz's tenure in order to ensure the group's long-term goals and said the 58-year-old would now retire in late 2019.
A number of fifth generation family members work within the business – Ana Aboitiz-Delgado, Rafa de Mesa, Carlos Aboitiz, Tristan Aboitiz and William Paradies – but no leader has reportedly emerged.
“The Aboitiz Equity Ventures board is committed to ensuring that the Aboitiz group's long-term goals are successfully attained. The extension of Mr Aboitiz's employment was made to ensure a smoother transition of leadership and the continued execution of the group's initiatives,” the statement said.
“The board is confident that in a few years, the organisation will be ready for a smooth transfer of leadership to continue executing the group's strategic initiatives,” it added.
Aboitiz traces its roots to the late 1800s where it functioned as a hemp trading and general merchandise company in O
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The Aboitiz descent is a big competitor in Filipino business carry over a century. Deal businesses skin a preparation range pay money for industries, including power, banking, food, obtain infrastructure, description clan's Aboitiz Group has been creating jobs be proof against opportunities sustenance Filipinos.
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At an annual shareholders’ meeting of Aboitiz Equity Ventures in Makati, I asked a friend to introduce me to the company chair, Jon Ramon Melendez Aboitiz.
I wanted a sit-down interview with him for a book project on family conglomerates in the Philippines. He was top of my must-interview list for the portion on the family elite with a nationwide scale and reach who did not originate from imperial Manila.
Jon Ramon beamed with his signature radiant, warm smile and extended his arm for a quick handshake as we were introduced. He somehow remembered stories and analysis I’ve written and was interviewed about regarding one of their former businesses, shipping.
Shipping was one of the legacy businesses of the Aboitiz family, originally from Basque in Spain, aside from commodity trading and power distribution. The family used to operate a shipping business under the Aboitiz Group, which evolved into WG&A, and later into a more holistic logistics firm Aboitiz Transport. It operated under the popular “Superferry” brand plying different routes to bring passengers and goods across the archipelago, and later the 2Go brand for door-to-door service. (WG&A was later sold to a management team backed by Kuwaiti and then Chinese funders. Emerging tycoon from Davao, Dennis Uy,