Joey de Venecia

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Joey De Venecia
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Born
Jose Perez De Venecia III

(1963-08-10) August 10, 1963 (age 56)
Manila
Nationality Filipino
Other namesJDV3
Occupationentrepreneur, Honorary Consul of Azerbaijan to the Philippines, former Secretary General of PDP-LABAN
Known forson of Jose C. De Venecia, Jr.
Spouse(s)Karen Batungbacal De Venecia

Jose "Joey" P. De Venecia III is the eldest son of Jose de Venecia, Jr., the Philippines' former five-term Speaker of Congress and Victoria Salazar Perez. He received much attention in the Philippines as a whistleblower related to the corruption scandal surrounding the ZTE broadband project.

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Joey finished his undergraduate accountancy degree at American University and his MBA, merit scholar, Fordham University. He worked as an auditor for Arthur Anderson-based out of Washington, DC for over 4 years and for SGV & Co in the Philippines before obtaining his MBA.

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Early life

He was born in 1963. His mother is Victoria Perez, the daughter of Eugenio Pérez, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1953. He is the youngest of 4 children and his siblings are: Alexandra (Sandra), Leslie and Vivian. His parent's marriage ended in a divorce when Joey was six months old, and Perez now lives in Albany, New York.

Eugenio Padlan Pérez was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1946 to 1953. He was a member of the Liberal Party, whose president he served as during his term as Speaker.

Albany, New York Capital of New York

Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County. Albany is located on the west bank of the Hudson River approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River and approximately 135 miles (220 km) north of New York City.

Aside from being in telecommunications, he founded the first Third Party Contact Center in the Philippines in 1997 named Qinteraction. Since then, the Contact Center and Business Process Outsourcing Industry has created over 500,000 jobs as foreign investors have entered this market. We now have the likes of Accenture, Convergys, and Aegis PeopleSupport to name a few. The BPO Sector contributes about $USD 8bn to the Philippine Economy annually.

He was responsible for inviting and convincing the State Grid of China to participate in the privatization of our country's National Electricity Grid. Together with Goldman Sachs China, he participated in the preparation of the private sector bid and succeeded in the auction. This is the largest investment in the Philippine Energy Sector worth $USD 4bn.

Together with the Philippine Bank of Commerce, he established the National Bank of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa (Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial). Equatorial Guinea is a small country with less than a million people but has one of the largest proven oil reserves in the African Continent.

He is Chairman of Castle Rock Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-registered financial advisory firm. He is on the Advisory Board of publicly listed firm, Basic Energy Corporation.

Personal life

He is married to Karen Batungbacal De Venecia who graduated as a chemical engineer from University of Notre Dame, and had her master's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University. Karen was formerly the Managing Director and Senior Country Operations Officer of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Currently the Executive General Manager of QBE's GSSC.

Educational life

He graduated from the American University in Washington, D.C. where he earned a BS in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. He was a full-time research scholar at the Fordham University Business School in New York City where he earned an MBA with a major in Finance. He also taught accounting to first year MBA Students.

American University private liberal arts and research-based university in Washington, D.C.

The American University is a private research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres at the former site of Fort Gaines on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley neighborhood in the northwest of the District. AU was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that would promote public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism. AU broke ground in 1902, opened in 1914, and admitted its first undergraduates in 1925. Although affiliated with the United Methodist Church, religious affiliation is not a criterion for admission.

Civic work

From 2007 - 2008, he was Chairman of the Virlanie Foundation, a joint European and Philippine foundation that addresses the plight of street children in the country. Joey is also the Founder of CLICK (Computer sa Bawat Pamilya), a non-profit entity that advocates giving each Filipino family a computer.

Political life

He was the Secretary-General of PDP-LABAN [3] and currently a member of the Makati Business Club.

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References

  1. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/80899/Joey-de-Venecia-joins-Mass-for-Lozada-at-La-Salle
  2. Alejandrino, Jose (2009-10-30). The Journal of an Unknown Knight. Strategic Book Publishing. pp. 339–. ISBN   978-1-60860-745-7 . Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. Pareño, Roel (September 10, 2010). "Joey de Venecia appointed PDP-Laban Secretary General". The Philippine STAR.