MANILA, Philippines — Ramon Ang, President of San Miguel Corp., greets visitors to his eighth-floor Manila conference room wearing a plain black suit, white shirt, red tie and $200-Seiko titanium watch.
A billionaire who has diversified the 121-year-old brewer into the Philippines’ largest publicly traded company by revenue, Ang can afford a flashier timepiece. At age 13, he was repairing Japanese auto engines and selling them for a 150 percent markup.
He won the trust of San Miguel Chairman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. after meeting Cojuangco’s son, Mark, in Manila’s auto-racing circles in the early 1980s.
Today, Ang owns more than 100 cars in one of Asia’s best collections. Yet the Seiko serves a purpose, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its December issue. “They will keep it for a long time and say, ‘This watch was given to me by my good friend Ramon.’”
Ang, 57, has always found ways to make an impression – and a profit. Ang says he has a dozen of them so he can give away the one on his wrist.
“It’s very memorable for them if I take off my watch and give it to them,” he says of the recipients. His favorite: a 1964 two-door roadster called an AC Cobra 289 FIA made by AC Cars that was restored by American race-car specialist Carroll Shelby.
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Racer Who Survived Epic Car Crash Wants to Race Again Car enthusiast Pete Tryce, who miraculously walked away from a high-speed crash in an AC Cobra race car last year, said he still believes racing cars is safe and wants to get back on the track – but in a different vehicle. “I had put [the Cobra] up for |
Editor's Choice: 1964er AC Cobra
Nun bietet Hexagon Classics aus South Kensington diese schöne 289er Cobra an. Im September 1961 ersann der texanische Unternehmer und Rennfahrer Caroll Shelby die Idee, einen Ford small Block V8 unter das elegante Blechkleid eines Roadsters von AC Cars
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Vintage racer, collector reflects: Video Our friends over at eGarage.com have let us into the “toy barn” of collector and vintage racer Bill Cotter. A man of many flavors and brands, Cotter's collection includes impressive gearhead-oriented cars. Look for the dueling BMW 2002 Turbos, a 1986 |
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Motoring Memories: Shelby Mustangs, 1965-1970 After a top flight international racing career which included consulting on the successful Ford GT 40 Le Mans project, Shelby had transformed the pretty English AC roadsters into the ultra-fast Ford-powered AC Cobra which he was building in Venice |
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The AC name carries much prestige, international recognition and ranks alongside other major worldwide historic marques. 1961: AC was approached by Carroll Shelby to use a small block Ford V8 engine in the Ace chassis, producing the AC Cobra. Shelby
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