Henry Sy, Sr. (Chinese: 施至成; pinyin: Shī Zhìchéng; born December 25, 1924) is a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder of SM Group and chairman of SM Prime Holdings, the largest retailer and shopping mall operator in the Philippines. He is acknowledged as the country’s Retail King.

Henry Sy was born to a poor family in Xiamen, China on December 25, 1924. He is the son of Henry H. Sy. He immigrated to the Philippines and got his start by selling rejected and over-run shoes from Marikina.

He completed his secondary education in a school now known as Chiang Kai Shek College and earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950.

In 1958, Sy established a small shoe store in Quiapo, Manila that marked the establishment of SM Prime Holdings. In November 1972, the small shoe store became SM Quiapo, SM's first standalone department store.

On November 25, 1985, he established his first SM Supermall, SM City North EDSA.

He is the Philippines' richest man, gaining $5 billion in 2010, amid the global financial crisis. The huge gain was due to his holding company, SM Investments Corporation, which has interests in Banco de Oro, inter alia. Forbes magazine's 2008 list of 40 wealthiest Filipinos, revealed the Sy family's net worth was $6.2 billion. Earlier, he was the second wealthiest individual in the Philippines, next to Lucio Tan, and (as of 2010) 201st in the world.

Ces Orena-Drilon (born July 8, 1962) commonly known as Ces Oreña-Drilon is an award winning Filipino broadcast journalist. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in Communication Research. She has presented several news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, which she had joined in 1989.

She was the recipient of the highest honor given by the KBP Golden Dove Awards which is the "Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year" which was held last November 25, 2010 during the 19th KBP Golden Dove Awards and also included on the Top 7 mothers honored by Working Mom Magazine as today's most exemplary career women.

Ces Oreña-Drilon is married to painter Rock Drilon, a nephew of former Senate President Franklin Drilon; they have four children.^{[dead link]}

Ces Orena-Drilon began her career in television journalism in 1985 when she joined the Maharlika Broadcasting System (later renamed People's Television 4) as a news reporter. Her reporting on the capture of Army renegade Col. Gregorio Honasan caught the attention of ABS-CBN Network, which hired her in 1989 to cover the Philippine Senate. Ces would appear regularly on The World Tonight as the program's business correspondent.

Lucio Tan (simplified Chinese: 陈永栽; traditional Chinese: 陳永栽; pinyin: Chén Yǒngzāi) (born July 17, 1934) is a prominent Chinese Filipino business magnate and is one of the most prominent business magnates in the Philippines. He, as of 2011, is currently the second richest businessman in the country, holding a networth of $2.8 billion.

Tan owns Asia Brewery, the second largest brewery in the Philippines, Tanduay Holdings, one of the world's largest rum makers, Fortune Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in the country - just some of the 300 companies that Tan controls.^{[citation needed]} Tan was born on July 17, 1934, in Amoy (now Xiamen), Fujian, Republic of China. His parents moved to the Philippines when he was a child. He attended Chiang Kai Shek College for high school and studied chemical engineering at Far Eastern University in Manila. He actually quit before graduating to take a job in a tobacco factory. Though a non-smoker, he started a cigarette company called Fortune Tobacco in 1966. This venture, which was housed in a small hut in Marikina, proved to be the enterprise that would catapult Mr. Tan to success. From this flagship company emerged numerous successful ventures in agribusiness; banking, finance and securities; brewery; chemicals; distillery and alcohol; education; food; hotel; manufacturing; property development; steel fabrication and construction; and tourism and travel services.