Kevin L. Tan
Kevin Andrew L. Tan[1] (born 1980[lower-alpha 1]) is a Chinese-Filipino businessman. He is the chief executive officer of the conglomerate Alliance Global and is the oldest son of Andrew Tan, the billionaire founder of Alliance Global and Megaworld Corporation.
Tan began working with his father when he was 21 years old. He started as a real estate agent and then worked on leasing Megaworld malls. In 2018, his father appointed him the CEO of Alliance Global, making him "the youngest chief executive among major Philippine conglomerates".[4] Tan is the chief strategy officer of Megaworld Corporation.
Early life[edit]
Tan was born in 1980[lower-alpha 1] to Andrew and Katherine Tan.[5] He has two brothers and one sister and is the eldest child.[5][6] After his parent enrolled him in Chinese International School in Hong Kong, Tan started attending the school at the age of eight.[5] When he was 13 years old, he studied at Brent School in Pasig in the Philippines.[5] Tan attended the University of Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines, where he received a degree in business administration.[5]
Business career[edit]
Tan originally planned to work outside of his family's business in New York for some time before ultimately entering his father's company.[7] His father recommended that he try selling condominiums.[7] So upon graduating from university, Tan became an employee of his father's company Megaworld Corporation where he got people to buy condominiums and to lease to businesses.[5] His father asked him to transform Eastwood Mall in Eastwood City into "a family-oriented lifestyle mall". Relying on his travelling experiences, he made major changes to the mall's design and retail and restaurant mix, after which the Philippine Retailers Association in 2010 named the Eastwood Mall the Shopping Center of the Year.[5] Tan subsequently became senior vice president and head of Megaworld Lifestyle Malls.[7] For this role, he did leasing and promotional work for more Megaworld malls including the McKinley Hill and Burgos Circle malls at Forbes Town Center, the Corinthian Hills in Quezon City, the Newport Mall at Resorts World Manila, and Lucky Chinatown in Binondo, Manila.[7][5] In April 2012, Tan became Alliance Global's executive director in which he managed the outside interactions of the conglomerate.[4] Tan became a consultant at Emperador, a beverage subsidiary of Alliance Global.[7] He participated in Emperador's 2014 purchasing of Whyte & Mackay, a British liquor company, and 2015 acquisition of Bodegas Fundador, a Spanish Fundador brandy company.[7]
On June 4, 2018, Tan assumed the chief executive officer role at Alliance Global after his father stepped down that day but stayed at the company as its chairman.[3] The appointment made Tan "the youngest chief executive among major Philippine conglomerates".[4] According to The Manila Times, Tan's father "trained him with love and by whip and example, as he rose up the ranks from a mere sales agent to the top executive posts across the family's diverse investments".[2] When his father announced the appointment, he was a guest at a wedding being held in another country. He began getting numerous text messages complimenting him on the promotion. Despite having been trained to become the conglomerate's CEO and having collaborated with his father beginning when he was a 21-year-old, he did not know his father would appoint him at that moment.[1] His employees address him by the name "KLT".[3]
Tan is the chief strategy officer of Megaworld, which is the owner of the delivery app Pick.A.Roo, which Tan co-created with Crystal Gonzalez, who used to lead honestbee Philippines' before it was shuttered.[8] It was released in 2020 after having been envisioned in 2018.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Tan was engaged when he was 30 years old but the relationship did not work out.[10] In 2011, Tan met Michelle See, a banker, would become his wife.[11] They had both just ended relationships to other people.[10] They met for the first time at the Opus Restaurant and Lounge at Resorts World Manila when he was at the birthday party of his friend Ricardo Po while she had delayed her dinner owing to her unpunctual friends.[6][10] Tan approached See to talk with her and after he gave suggestions about avoiding intoxication ("Drink water in between sips of alcohol"), she started to trust him.[6][10] He proposed to her in New York City in April 2012 and they married on May 25, 2013, in a civil ceremony at Maxims Hotel in Resorts World Manila after a traditional Chinese engagement ceremony including a tea ceremony, a dowry, and misua.[11] The wedding reception at Maxims Hotel had 300 attendees including Benigno Aquino III, the President of the Philippines, and Manny Villar, a senator.[11] The couple had another wedding ceremony on July 12, 2013, at the Church of St Teresa, Singapore.[6][12][13] The wedding reception was held at the W Singapore in Sentosa Cove, and at its beginning he sang the David Guetta song "Without You" and danced with his wife to the song.[6] He and his wife have two children together.[3] Their daughter, Kathleena, was born in April 2015.[14] Their son, Andrew Tan II, was born in May 2018, is named after Tan's father Andrew Tan, and is nicknamed Drew.[15] Tan is a devoted Catholic who regularly attends Mass.[11] A 2013 article about his wedding said that he had attended every Sunday Mass over the past six years.[10] Tan enjoys electronic dance music (EDM) and visits clubs to watch EDM concerts once in a while.[7]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An article in The Manila Times published on 21 February 2021 said Tan was 40 years old.[2] He was born in either 1979 (which would mean he was 40 on 21 February 2021 but was 39 earlier in 2021) or 1980 (which would mean he was 40 on 21 February 2021 but would turn 41 later in 2021).An article in The Philippine Star published on 5 May 2019 said Tan was 38 years old.[3] He was born in either 1980 (which would mean he was 38 on 5 May 2019 but would turn 39 later in 2019) or 1981 (which would mean he was 38 on 5 May 2019 but was 37 earlier in 2019).The combination of the two sources verifies that Tan was born in 1980.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lara, Tanya T. (2018-07-04). "Kevin Tan sees merging of malls, e-commerce and tourism". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mauricio-Arriola, Tessa (2021-02-21). "On the perfect balance of leadership at a most challenging time". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gonzales, Iris (2019-05-05). "The Emperador's Son". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Flores, Mikhail (2018-06-05). "Philippine tycoon Andrew Tan steps aside for son. Alliance Global's new leader becomes youngest among country's conglomerates". The Nikkei. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 San Juan, Thelma Sioson (2012-11-18). "Kevin Tan: 'Dad knows how to motivate, to spot what you want'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 San Juan, Thelma Sioson (2013-07-21). "'What you need you already have'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Caña, Paul John (2017-04-29). "The Next Tycoon: Kevin Tan Goes From Handing out Flyers to Expanding Beyond Real Estate". Esquire. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ Kingsu-Cheng, Jane (2020-08-07). "Kevin Tan on how to make living in this crisis easier. His new baby, the newest on-demand delivery app, Pick.a.roo, is designed to make contactless shopping faster and easier for Filipino families". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ Millet, Manaquil M. (2021-02-14). "Kevin Tan: Fast action on the road to recovery". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Jambora, Anne A. (2013-05-26). "Kevin Tan takes a bride". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Flores, Wilson Lee (2013-05-29). "Kevin Tan & Michelle See: An auspicious date". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2021-05-16 – via PressReader.
- ↑ Mananquil, Millet M. (2013-07-21). "Kevin Tan and Michelle See fill their wedding with love, laughter, songs and 24 kisses". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ "Real-estate scion Kevin Tan weds in Singapore". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2017-04-24. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ San Juan, Thelma S. (2016-04-13). "Manila's club guys are now cool dads". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ↑ "Afternoon of childhood memories. A carnival make-believe for Andrew Tan II". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-16 – via PressReader.
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