Anthony Pangilinan

Anthony Nepomuceno Pangilinan (born January 1965)[1][2] is a Filipino motivational speaker, corporate trainer, businessman, broadcaster, and writer. He is the founder and chairperson of BusinessWorks, a management consulting firm, and has hosted several television and radio programs, including Big News on ABC (1997–1998), IBC News Tonight on IBC (2002), A Second Look on RPN (2004), and The Boardroom on CNN Philippines (2016–2024); he received PMPC Star Award nominations for the latter two programs. Pangilinan has written books on personal development and marriage, including Designed for Success (2010), and co-authored Sabi Ni Mister, Sabi Ni Misis (2014) and Marriage Is a Marathon (2023) with his wife, actress Maricel Laxa. He is also a contributing columnist for BusinessWorld and serves as officer-in-charge of the anti-human trafficking organization Called to Rescue Philippines.

He previously served as international president of the global student organization AIESEC and is the only Filipino to have held the position. Pangilinan and Laxa have five children, including actor Donny Pangilinan.

Early life and education

Anthony Nepomuceno Pangilinan was born in January 1965 to Donato Tongol Pangilinan Jr., an engineer and entrepreneur from Pampanga, and Emma Monasterial Nepomuceno, a public school teacher from Nueva Ecija and Marinduque.[1][2][3] He has eight siblings, including Senator Kiko Pangilinan.[4]

During his youth, Pangilinan attended La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong, where he became involved in student leadership activities, including service in the student council. In his early twenties, he was elected international president of the global student organization AIESEC. Pangilinan is the only Filipino to have held that position.[5] The role required him to relocate to Belgium and serve full-time, leading him to take a leave of absence from his university studies for approximately two years. After completing his term, he returned to the Philippines to finish his degree in architecture.[6]

Pangilinan earned an executive master's degree in business administration from INSEAD in France and Tsinghua University in China.[7]

Career

Personal life

Pangilinan has been married to actress Maricel Laxa since 1993.[16] They have five children together, including actor Donny Pangilinan.[15]

He is an avid runner who has completed all six World Marathon Majors with his wife.[17] Pangilinan has also done triathlons since 2008,[16] finishing an Ironman 70.3 by 2010.[18] In 2024, Pangilinan successfully underwent a cardiac surgery after suffering from heart valve leaks.[19] The following year, he completed his first race since the surgery.[2]

Pangilinan is a Christian. His two favorite devotions are Lettie Cowman's Streams in the Desert (1918) and Oswald Chambers's My Utmost for His Highest (1935).[6]

Pangilinan actively campaigned for his older brother Kiko's vice-presidential election campaign in 2022 and his senatorial campaign in 2025,[20][21] often speaking on Kiko's behalf at sorties he could not attend.[22]

Awards and recognitions

In 2004, Pangilinan was nominated for Best Public Affairs Program Host at the 18th PMPC Star Awards for Television for hosting A Second Look on the Radio Philippines Network. In 2017, he was nominated for Best Lifestyle Show Host at the 31st PMPC Star Awards for Television for hosting The Boardroom.[23]

See also

• List of INSEAD alumni
• List of Tsinghua University people

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