Jorge L. Araneta


Jorge León "Nene" A. Araneta is a prominent Filipino businessman. He chairs the Araneta Group of Companies which is engaged in property development, lodging and hospitality, food and dining, entertainment and leisure , and beauty and philanthropy. He is also a director of Philippine Seven Corporation and co-founder of Medical Doctors Inc..
He also serves as a Consul at the Colombian Embassy

Personal life

Araneta is the son of J. Amado Araneta and Ester Bustamante Araneta, the second of three siblings. He finished high school at the De La Salle University in Manila and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he was a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity..
In 1964, he married Stella Marquez-Araneta, and they have 5 children.
He worked closely with his father since his teenage years, and steadily rose through the ranks of the family business, until in 1970, he took the helm of his father's businesses after his retirement.
He is also a known traveller and a wine collector, where he also owns a wine shop in Novotel Manila Araneta Center, named Sabor Bar de Vinos.

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