From real estate to real change

Frederick Go never goes by any grand plans in life, but he always manages to do good and great things.

While his career trajectory almost reads like a fairy tale among industrialists — how he started as a business reporter for The Manila Times and skyrocketed to become one of the country's formidable leaders in property development — Go, who was recently called on by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to become his Special Assistant for Investment and Economic Affairs, is never one to romanticize this stellar progression. Instead, if asked to assess his achievements today — the most renowned of which The Sunday Times Magazine should cover within this article —, he is bound to shun any praise or suggestion that any of them resulted from his being an expert strategist or business whiz.