Their stories of triumph and tribulation have been chronicled as cover stories in FORBES ASIA in the past year, including features on Li Ka-shing, Steve Wynn, Teresita Sy-Coson, Simon and Eleanor Kwok, Vincent Tan, Shyam and Hari Bhartia, as well as Morris Chang, the FORBES ASIA Businessman of the Year in 2012.
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But Sy did little talking, instead deferring to Sy-Coson, who was by his side at all times.
"Our family was born to be working in the business, our father gave us no choice, " chuckles Sy-Coson (known as Tessie to her friends), who first worked part-time as a cashier in an sm store while a college student.
"It is his baby, " says his eldest child, Teresita Sy-Coson, 56.
"We are carefully putting together a formula and making sure it works before we roll out more aggressively, " says Sy-Coson, with plans to add another three malls in the next five years.
Fourteen years in the making, the 4.1-million-square-foot mall, built on the site where Sy used to take his family to picnic and watch the sunset, is already the nation's largest.
The mall, which opened in May and already attracts 1 million shoppers on weekends, is the crowning achievement of Sy's 60-year career in retailing that began with one small shoe store in Manila and now includes 26 other malls in the Philippines, four more in China, one in Guam and a chain of department stores and supermarkets.
Mae hynny'n sicrhau bod hanner yr eiddo ar rent mewn ardal benodol yn fforddiadwy i'r rhai sy'n hawlio budd-daliadau.
He became president of SY Technology, now the SY Coleman division of L-3 Communications, a leading contractor for missile-defense systems.
Wrth arwain dadl ei blaid fe leisiodd Mr Isherwood bryder am ofal presennol y gwasanaeth iechyd i gyn-filwyr sy'n dioddef o anhwylder straen wedi trawma (PTSD) yng Nghymru.
Bu Ms Griffiths yn gwneud datganiad ar y dystiolaeth sy'n amlinellu'r achos dros ad-drefnu'r NHS yng Nghymru, ar 10 Gorffennaf 2012.
Daeth negeseuon e-bost i'r amlwg sy'n dangos bod yr Athro Longley wedi gofyn wrth weision sifil am "ffeithiau diamheuol" pan oedd yn ysgrifennu'r adroddiad.
Cymru yw un o sylfaenwyr Rhwydwaith y Llywodraethau Rhanbarthol dros Ddatblygu Cynaliadwy, sy'n cynrychioli dros 600 o lywodraethau is-genedlaethol o fewn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar faterion cynaliadwyedd.
"We do expect phone metering to be a big boost to our business since it makes it easier for customers to justify connecting to the Internet via cable, " says Russell Sy, marketing head for SkyCable's high-speed services.
One person who has done very well lately is Henry Sy, ranked No. 1, whose sm Investments is up one-third since June.
Since then Sy has opened just two more malls (and bought stakes in another), all in second-tier cities rather than major urban centers.
One such collector is Sy Winnie , Webmaster of Spidermancollector.com and owner of one of the largest collections of Spider-Man-related memorabilia and collectibles in the world.
Founded by 24-year-old Carter Cleveland when he was a computer science engineering student at Princeton University, Art.sy will link art galleries all over the world with enthusiasts and potential buyers.
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