Henry Sy
AGE: 82
OCCUPATION: Business magnate
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: The richest man in the Philippines, he started out as a shoe-store owner more than a half century ago, and today owns a chain of shopping malls. The billionaire has begun buying significant shares of the nation's local banks.
CON: Important on the islands, no doubt. But elsewhere?