John Gokongwei

Philippines, snacks and airlines. Gokongwei began as a teenage market trader in Cebu after his father died, then built Universal Robina into a maker of cheap snacks and drinks under the Jack 'n Jill name. In 1996 his group launched Cebu Pacific and later turned it into a low-fare airline, making domestic flights affordable in an archipelago where ferries were the alternative. He died in 2019.