JEWELLERY MAGNATE SHARES THE WISDOM OF BEING FAMILY FOCUSED

Every Friday, Marcelino Florete, Jr., the soon-to-be 73-year-old patriarch of the F&C Group of Companies, flies in from his hometown of Iloilo to spend the day in Manila. This is to attend to the many meetings, which often run for hours, back-to-back, with his executive management team. This lean roster, comprised of his children and most trusted colleagues, leads an ever-growing corporate portfolio, now consisting of F&C Jewelry, Sbarro, Dulcinea, Estacio Uno, Boracay Uptown and Bohol Shores among a handful of others.