San Miguel Corporation President Ramon Ang received thousands of praise from netizens after he shared how he raised his children to live a simple life.
In an interview with Anthony ‘Ka Tunying’ Taberna, the Filipino billionaire shared that he prefered to avoid an extravagant lifestyle and he passed those beliefs to his children.
“Kailangan tayo simple lang ang buhay natin, we live within our means. Tignan mo ‘yung ibang mga tao diyan, nakatira na nga sa barong-barong, nakatira nalang kung saan naka signature na damit, naka signature na bag,” said Ang.
According to him, he wanted his children to live simply and to treat the employees of San Miguel as equals.
“Tinuturo ko to especially sa mga anak ko. I do not allow them to be going around at magyabang ng kung ano anong isinusuot at kung ano ano ang dinadala,” he said.
Ang said that he was not even planning to wear accessories during the interview. But he was required by the production so he decided to put on a stainless watch.
“Kailangan itinuturo sa mga bata na matuto ng simpleng buhay eh ‘yung anak kong bunso, si Jacob, kaka-graduate ng college pinadala ko sa probinsiya sa Pangasinan, sa planta.. Sabi ko ‘diyan ka, magta-trabaho araw-araw, diyan ka matutulog, kasama mong kakain ng lunch at dinner ‘yung lahat ng empleyado’,” he said.
He told his child not to show that he was the son of the president of San Miguel.
“Kung ano ‘yung kinakain nila, kung ano ‘yung ginagawa nila pareho lang kayo. At ‘yung bihis mo kailangan simpleng damit, t-shirt at kung ano ‘yung uniform doon ay ‘yun ang sosootin mo,” he stated.
Thousands of netizens praised Ang for his parenting style, saying that every Filipino parents should follow the SMC president.