#2 – Sharon Cuneta (Net Worth: Philippine peso 1 Billion)

Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan is the richest woman in Philippine history. Sharon was born in 1966 to parents Pablo Cuneta and Elaine Gamboa and even at an early age she had a knack for singing around the house while her father played his record collection. At the age of nine she began getting roles in films and even had offers from music producers to record albums, although the initial songs she began singing weren’t very popular. It wasn’t until her song Mr. D.J. was released in 1978 that she would get any sort of recognition. Although she was only twelve years old at the time, the song would become an instant success and even landed her a role in a television show called C.U.T.E. (Call Us Two for Entertainment).

With her singing, television and film career on the rise, she began receiving offers from several networks from around the country. To date, she has starred in over 50 movies, recorded 40 albums and has been the host of a whopping 10 television shows, many of which have went on for years at a time. Her main television network and source of income was ABS-CBN which was her “home” network for more than twenty years. But in November of 2011 she departed the network to start her show Sharon: Kasama Mo, Kapatid which aired on TV5. The show would only last a few years but she was rumored to have received close to $1 billion Philippine Peso.

Sharon is an endorser of several different hugely profitable businesses, including: McDonalds, SuperFerry and Coca Cola. She also owns multiple town houses which she rents out and recently began her own magazine called Sharon at Home which offers home life advice and tips.

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