State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently launched the biography of its former Chairman, Leonides S. Virata. Written by acclaimed writer and columnist Butch Dalisay, the book titled O, Ilaw: The Life and Legacy of Leonides S. Virata chronicles the chairman's professional accomplishments both in government service and in business.

Virata was previously connected with the research department of the Central Bank, before moving to Philamlife in 1952 to direct the company's support for various projects with the Far East Bank, Bacnotan Cement, and Manila Doctors Hospital, among others.