#3 – Willie Revillame (Net Worth: Philippine peso 600 Million)

Wilfredo Buendia is no stranger to controversy as he is constantly getting himself into trouble in the media. Born in July of the year 1961, Willie’s career began in the early ‘80s when he and his friend Randy Santiago began co-hosting the show Lunch Date together on GMA Network.  After six years of hosting the successful show, Willie would begin to appear in movies. He had the tendency of appearing in films alongside some pretty big name action stars of the time, often times as the sidekick character. Some of those movies include:  Hector, Ikaw Pa Eh Love Kita!, Go Johnny Go and Abrakadabra.

His movie career pretty much died down in 1998. He was more drawn to being on television so he started hosting a show on the ABS-CBN Network called Sang Linggo Napo Sila. The show would shortly be cancelled and he would go on to appear in two more shows called Richard Loves Lucy and Magandang Tanghali Bayan which would end up being his big break. He made appearances on those two shows simultaneously over the course of three years. Since then he has been able to create any type of show that he wants and these days he tends to include his own name in the titles of his shows. Some examples being: Wowowillie, Willing Willie and Willingly Yours.

Outside of his television performances Willie makes money from his many business avenues, which is where he has acquired the majority of his vast wealth. He owns a restaurant called Wil Steak Town, a bar called W Bar and he even has his own mall called Wil Tower Mall. He is obviously an intelligent business man to know that naming buildings and shows after yourself is a great way to get people to remember your name.

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