{"id":4430,"date":"2011-03-10T04:38:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2011-03-10T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T09:38:15","slug":"forbes-andrew-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/10\/forbes-andrew-tan\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes &#8211; Andrew Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"profileRight fright\" style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; float: right; text-align: left; width: 415px; font: normal normal normal 16px\/normal Georgia; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; 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position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\n<div class=\"subhed\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-transform: uppercase; font: normal normal bold 12px\/12px Georgia; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.1em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/wealth\/billionaires\">World&#8217;s Billionaires<\/a><small>New to the list<\/small><\/p>\n<div>#540\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/wealth\/billionaires\/list\">overall<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>Andrew Tan<\/h1>\n<div>$2.2 B<\/div>\n<div><small>Net Worth Calculated March 2011<\/small><\/div>\n<div>Age:\u00a058<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Source:\u00a0Diversified, self-made<\/li>\n<li>Country of citizenship:\u00a0Philippines<\/li>\n<li>Education:\u00a0BA\/BS, Far Eastern University<\/li>\n<li>Marital Status:\u00a0Married<\/li>\n<li>Children:\u00a04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>#3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/wealth\/billionaires\/list?country=89\">in Philippines<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"subhed\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-transform: uppercase; font: normal normal bold 12px\/12px Georgia; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.1em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">PROFILE<\/div>\n<div class=\"date\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 16px\/normal Georgia; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><a class=\"date tooltip\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: initial; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #003366; text-decoration: none; position: relative; font: normal normal normal 16px\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"Andrew Tan\" rel=\"toggle[wealthdate]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/Billionaires%7C2011\">Billionaires: March 2011<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.forbes.com\/media\/assets\/rl\/date-up.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p id=\"bio\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #3c3c3c; line-height: 22px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Son of factory worker, did odd jobs to put himself through college. Saved money he earned as a kitchen appliance salesman to buy a distillery and made his first fortune in brandy. His holding company, Alliance Global, has interests in food and beverage, real estate, gaming. Its stock price doubled in past year, making him billionaire for the first time. In January, he led a $100 million takeover of<span id=\"fulldesc\" style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"> property developer Fil-Estate Land, which owns 10% of Boracay Island&#8217;s land area. Plans to develop resorts there.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/andrew-tan\">Forbes &#8211; Andrew Tan<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNo excuses people. Wow this is inspiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; World&#8217;s BillionairesNew to the list #540\u00a0overall Andrew Tan $2.2 B Net Worth Calculated March 2011 Age:\u00a058 Source:\u00a0Diversified, self-made Country of citizenship:\u00a0Philippines Education:\u00a0BA\/BS, Far Eastern University Marital Status:\u00a0Married Children:\u00a04 #3\u00a0in Philippines PROFILE Billionaires: March 2011 Son of factory worker, did odd jobs to put himself through college. 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