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David Consunji

Filipino businessman (1921–2017)

David Mendoza Consunji (November 2, 1921 – September 4, 2017) was a Chinese-Filipino businessman and the chairman of a publicly listed holding firm, DMCI Holdings, Incorporated (PSE: DMC). He was a former secretary of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications from 1970 to 1975, during the Marcos administration.2

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Born Oct 18, 1921, died Sep 4, 2017.1

About

In 2014, Forbes listed him as the 6th richest Filipino, with a net worth of US$3.9 billion.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of the Philippines3

Consunji was born on November 2, 1921, in Samal, Bataan to Gaudencio Tongco Consunji of Samal and Consuelo Mendoza of Pandacan, Manila. He is the third eldest among at least nine children.

Consunji enrolled at University of the Philippines in 1939 and took up civil engineering and graduated in 1946 and passed the board during the same year.

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Career

Occupation: politician.5

After graduation, Consunji worked as teacher in Bataan and later a concrete inspector for Kuenzle and Streiff. He founded D.M. Consunji, Incorporated in 1954 and became its chairman since.

In 1995, he established DMCI Holdings, Incorporated, to consolidate his businesses.

Consunji also served as the president of the Philippine Contractors Association, the International Federation of Asian & Western Pacific Contractors' Association and the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers. In addition, he was also vice-president of the Confederation of International Contractors' Association. Aside from these organizations, he was also the chairman of the Contractors Association, the Philippine Domestic Construction Board and the U. P. Engineering Research and Development Foundation.

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Personal life

  • BornOct 18, 1921, Samal6
  • DiedSep 4, 2017, Manila7
  • CitizenshipPhilippines8

Consunji was married to Fredesvinda Almeda with whom he had eight children.

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