- Source of Wealth: Business and Real Estate
- Age: 70
- Birth Place: Tondo, Manila, Philippines
- Marital Status: Married (Cynthia Aguilar)
- Full Name: Manuel Bamba Villar Jr.
- Nationality: Filipino
- Date of Birth: December 13, 1949
- Ethnicity: Filipino
- Occupation: Businessman and Former Legislator
- Education: University of the Philippines
- Children: 3 (Manuel Paolo III, Mark and Camille Linda)
Filipino businessman and politician Manuel “Manny” Bamba Villar, Jr. has a net worth of $6.7 billion.
After losing the presidential bid to Benigno Aquino III in 2010, Senator Manuel Villar focused on running his property business. Stocks of his listed Vista Land & Lifescapes and Polar Property Holdings rebounded from 2010’s lows. His younger son, Mark, is now the secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways; 2 other children work with him.
Villar was born to a poor family in Tondo, an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila. After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst, then launched a highly successful business in real estate. The number of homes built by Villar’s companies has totaled to over 200,000 units, and his business career made him one of the country’s wealthiest persons.
He was born Manuel Bamba Villar, Jr. on December 13, 1949 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines.