Success is in the Eye of the Beholder.
To many people, Henry Sy is a thirfty businessman. Known for his frugality He inched his way up to success from a seller of fruits, to shoe repair, to shoe making.
What people don’t know is that the Legend of Henry Sy is all it is, a Legend.
Here are 5 Facts about the Founder of SM Prime Holdings that you Need to Know.
1. There would be no Henry Sy, Sr. without the political turmoil in China.
If there were no Communist and Nationalist civil ware creating chaos in China, Henry Sy would have been a normal person living in China Today.
2. Henry Sy’s father, brought him to Manila in 1924.
When you see beauty from the top, always remember, we ride on the “shoulders of giants”. Someone somewhere caused this great man to be where he is.
3. What looks like hard work to Henry Sy Sr, is just a normal day at work in China.
You got it right, oftentimes what we assume that isn’t true leads to our personal pain. Trying to be hardworking like a “Chinese person from China” is a losing game.
4. Henry Sy learned how to adopt to chaos during world war 2.
Some of the biggest setbacks we face are the lessons of our life. Are you handicapped by poverty, easy rich life, intellectually challenged, too disruptive in class, shy?
5. Henry Sy Sr’s strategies would only work mediocre in China in 1930s.
If Henry Sy used his hard work and grit in China in 1930s and 1940s, it wouldn’t make a different. the Economy killed thousand of people through bad governance.
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