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This list is arranged according to their net worth. Number 1's the RICHEST.
1. Senator Cynthia Villar, 4.5 million pesos
The wife of former Senate President Manny Villar, is currently the richest with a net worth of 3.5 billion pesos. Her assets include 4.5 million pesos of real estate, 3.49 billion worth of stocks and other personal properties. She has no liabilities in her statement according to a report from ABS-CBN.
2. Senator Ralph Recto, 531 million pesos
Senator Ralph Recto turns out to be the second richest Senator with a far 531 million pesos. He served as a member of the House of Representatives representing the 4th District of Batangas from 1992 to 2001. He was then elected to the Senate, serving from 2001 to 2007.
3. Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., 211 million pesos
Coming from a family of politicians, Senator BongBong Marcos the third placer in the list. Marcos, Jr. is a politician and senator in the 6th Congress of the Philippines.
4. Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, 193 million pesos
In 2004, he was elected as senator. During his first term, he introduced at least 617 bills and resolutions and steered the passage of at least 16 bills either as principal sponsor or principal author. On July 23, 2007, Estrada was elected as Senate president pro tempore.
5. Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., 173 million pesos
Revilla Jr. resigned as Chairman of the VRB and recommended Eduardo "Edu" Manzano as his replacement. His father, Ramon Revilla, ended his term as senator on June 30, 2004. Revilla Sr. was elected senator in 1992, reelected in 1998, and could not run for third term according to the 1987Philippine Constitution. Ramon "Bong" Bong Revilla Jr. ran for the position of Senator under the administration K-4 coalition. He won and received the second highest number of votes from the national electorate. (Wikipedia)
6. Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, 122 million pesos
He was a protégé of PresidentFerdinand Marcos, and served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Minister under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders (along with General Fidel V. Ramos) of the 1986 People Power Revolution that drove Marcos from power and into exile. Enrile has continued to be a prominent politician since then; he was Senate President from November 2008 until his resignation on June 5, 2013.(Wikipedia)
7. Senator Sonny Angara, 118 million pesos
Elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 2013, Angara placed sixth with 16 million votes.[1] In the Senate, he is the leading voice in advocating genuine tax reforms that would help workers and families save and promote social justice.
8. Senator TG Guingona, 103 million pesos
TG Guingona began his fight for good governance and anti-corruption at an early age. When he was just 19, he was jailed for actively rallying and protesting against the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos.[2] He was thrown in a cell with regular criminals together with other notable political prisoners like his father, Teofisto Guingona, Jr. and former senator Lorenzo Tañada. (Wikipedia)
9. Senator Sergio Osmena III, 90 million pesos
Osmeña held business positions including:
Assistant to President, Essel Incorporated, from 1967 to 1972
Assistant to President, Cebu Autobus Company, from 1967 to 1972
Assistant to President, De La Rama Steamship Co., Inc., from 1966 to 1972
General Manager, LRO (Lourdes de la Rama Osmeña) Farms/ Hacienda Doña Pepang, from 1968 to 1972
Chairman, Cebu Contracting Company, from 1968 to 1972
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10. Senator Grace Poe, 89 million pesos
Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe Llamanzares is a Filipino businesswoman, educator, philanthropist and politician. She is the adopted daughter of actors Susan Roces and Fernando Poe, Jr.
11. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, 85 million pesos
Santiago is a politician, notable for having served in all three branches of the Philippine government – judicial, executive, and legislative. (Wikipedia)
12. Senator Franklin Drilon, 79 million pesos
Franklin "Frank" Magtunao Drilon is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines in 2000, from 2001 to 2006, and again from 2013 to the present. (Wikipedia)
13. Senator. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito, 78 million pesos
On October 1, 2012, Ejercito filed his certificate of candidacy for the 2013 Philippine senate elections, in which he won as the eleventh out of twelve of the senators elected.
14. Senator Pia Cayetano, 73 million pesos
Pilar Juliana "Pia" Schramm Cayetano, popularly known as Compañera Pia or Pia, is an American-born Filipino lawyer, of German ancestry, and was the youngest woman elected Senator in the history of the Republic of the Philippines.
15. Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, 66 million pesos
Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is an actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, TV host, journalist, and politician in the Philippines. Sotto served as Vice Mayor of Quezon City, the Philippines' most populous city, from 1988 to 1992.
16. Senator Nancy Binay, 61 million pesos
Maria Lourdes Nancy Sombillo Binay is a Filipino politician. She ran as a candidate of the 2013 Philippine Senate elections and placed fifth of the twelve senators elected.
17. Senator Lito Lapid, 43 million pesos
Manuel Mercado "Lito" Lapid is a Filipino actor, who served as a Senator of the Philippines.
18. Senator Loren Legarda, 40 million pesos
Legarda is an environmentalist, journalist and politician, notable as the only female to top two senatorial elections — 1998 and 2007.
19. Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV, 28 million pesos
Aquino IV is a politician and social entrepreneur. He currently serves as the youngest senator in the 16th Congress of the Philippines.
20. Senator Gregorio Honasan, 20 million pesos
Honasan II, better known as Gringo Honasan is a retired Philippine Army officer who led unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino.
21. Senator Koko Pimentel, 17 million pesos
He's a political leader, a member of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), and serving as member of the Senate of the Philippines. He is the eldest son of the former senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (1987–1992, 1998–2010) and Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. He was sworn–in on August 11, 2011 and proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election. (Wikipedia)
22. Senator Antonio Trillanes, 5.98 million pesos
Trillanes is a retired Navy officer currently serving as a senator of the Philippines. He is a candidate for the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines in the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections.
23. Senator Chiz Escudero, 5.84 million pesos
Escudero has been a member of the Philippine Senate since 2007. He previously served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the 1st District Sorsogon, where he served as the Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is a leading candidate for Vice President of the Philippines in the 2016 presidential election to be held in May 2016.
