Forbes Magazine names 40 richest Filipinos

Henry Sy Sr., whose wealth was primarily fueled by the success of SM shopping malls, is the richest man in the Philippines for the third year in a row, according to Forbes magazine’s survey on the 40 richest Filipinos for 2010.

The mall mogul’s net worth rose to $5 billion in the Forbes 2010 survey from $3.8 billion a year earlier. He was also the Philippines' wealthiest man in the 2006 survey.

Sy ranks 201st in the 2010 list of 1,011 billionaires of the world, that according to Forbes dropped from 1,125 in 2008.

The 85-year-old patriarch of the Sy family made $8 million more in terms of net worth since Forbes came up with The World's Billionaires list in March 2010.

Lucio Tan, owner of Philippine National Bank, Asia Brewery, Tanduay Holdings, Fortune Tobacco and Philippine Airlines Inc. ranked second with a net worth of $2.1billion, up by $4 million from the magazine’s 2009 list.

In third spot is first-time billionaire John Gokongwei Jr. whose net worth of $1.5billion in the 2010 survey more than doubled over his 2009 net worth of $720 million. The 83-year-old Gokongwei holds interests in telecommunications, financial services, petrochemicals, power, and hog farming.

Jaime Zobel de Ayala is the fourth richest man in the Philippines, with a net worth that rose to $1.4 billion from $1.2 billion.

The CEO of Ayala Land Inc. was knocked out of third place by Gokongwei.

Upcoming Bollywood Movie Aisha Online Theatrical Trailer

Come August, and we have another Sonam Kapoor starrer Bollywood movie 'Aisha' hitting the screens! Aisha is an adaptation of the English novel, 'Emma' by Jane Austen. Sonam Kapoor plays the main protagonist, Aisha, opposite Abhay Deol, who plays Arjun. The film has been shot all across Delhi, Hrishikesh and Mumbai and expected to be in theatres on 6th August, 2010.

The story of the film is about Aisha, a girl who loves matchmaking and tries to play cupid for singles. Aisha’s problem is that she meddles in everyone’s business, which can be annoying at times, especially for Arjun who has his own set of rules and feels that Aisha should stop interfering in others’ lives. Belonging to the Delhi upper class society, Aisha leads her life as per her rules and manages to control all around her. Caught in her web are Pinky, her best friend, the small town girl Shefali, the west Delhi boy Randhir and the hunk Dhruv. A perpetual optimist, Aisha does all this with great élan, but sees a problem in Arjun, who wants Aisha to stop playing games and prevent her from getting into a mess!

Sonam Kapoor with her unconventional looks, has played Aisha with all her vibrancy and vivacity. Needless to say, being the talented actor he is, Abhay Deol also portrays Arjun very well. The romantic comedy is directed by Rajshree Ojha, and produced by Anil Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor. The film has music by Amit Trivedi. Cyrus Sahukar and Arunoday Singh also feature in the film alongside the lead pair.

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