Henry Sy, Sr, founder of the SM group, passed away on the 19th of January 2019 at the age of 94. The Asset shares insights of meetings with him and how he climbed to the top of Philippine business

Some memories never fade. It was the beginning of the Asian financial crisis in 1998. Rushing across what then was a parking lot, I scrambled into the West Villa Restaurant in Glorietta Makati to find Henry Sy, Sr, founder of the SM group of the Philippines seated at a round, linen-covered table in animated conversation. As soon as he saw me approaching, he stood up sporting a wide smile, shook my hands and then introduced me to Jose Cuisia, Jr, vice-chairman of SM Prime Holdings and Jose T Sio, CFO.

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