14 Facts About Alfonso Yuchengco

Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco was a Filipino accountant, banker, businessman of one of the largest family-owned conglomerates in the Philippines.

Alfonso Yuchengco attended a local Manila grade school, before attending De La Salle University for high school and finished in 1940.

Alfonso Yuchengco took and passed the licensure examinations for certified public accountants.

When Don Enrique passed away in 1953, the young Alfonso Yuchengco took over the reins of the family enterprise starting with Malayan Insurance.

Alfonso Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Alfonso Yuchengco Group of Companies, and concurrently the Chairman of the Board of MICO Equities, Inc ; Pan Malayan Management and Investment Corporation; Mapua Institute of Technology; Nippon Life Insurance Company; and the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.

Alfonso Yuchengco had been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of GPL Holdings; House of Investments, Inc.

Alfonso Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mapua University, a top-performing engineering school in the country.

Alfonso Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Malayan Colleges Laguna, and Malayan High School of Science, an innovative science high school.

Alfonso Yuchengco had been a member of the Board of Advisors of the Columbia Business School, one of the leading business schools in the world.

Alfonso Yuchengco had served as Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs in 2004; Presidential Assistant on APEC Matters in 1998; Philippine Ambassador to Japan in 1995; Philippine Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1986 to 1988; and Presidential Special Envoy to Greater China, Japan and Korea.

Alfonso Yuchengco was the Chairman of the Board of Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation.

Alfonso Yuchengco was the Chair Emeritus and Member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Ambassadors Foundation; and Chair Emeritus and Past President of the Philippine Ambassadors Association.

Alfonso Yuchengco was a member of the Board of Judges and a Principal Sponsor in the Mother Teresa Awards.

Alfonso Yuchengco established a generous grant at the University of San Francisco to create the Maria Elena G Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program.