In the Philippines, the name Ayala is nearly synonymous with business leadership and development.
フィリピンでは、アヤラという名前はビジネスのリーダーシップと発展のほぼ同義語です。
“synonymous”は「同義語の」という意味です。
ビジネスのリーダーシップと発展の同義語とほぼ同じとは、えらい褒めようです。
フィリピンの中でも、大きなコングロマリットなんだろうと想像がつきます。
そして、フィリピンにとって重要なグループなんでしょう。
It is one of the country’s oldest and largest business conglomerates with interests in real estate, banking, telecommunications, electronics, IT, and public utility.
Moreover, the Ayala name is so closely associated with philanthropy and social responsibility that all of its businesses and employees are ready and willing to rise to the occasion when they are called to give.
In 2011, two Ayala companies, the Bank of the Philippine islands and Globe Telecom, launched a platform named BPI Globe BanKO (a play on words meaning “my bank”) toe help and empower micro entrepreneurs by providing financial advice and aid to those who could not access traditional banks.
However, BanKO simply did not have enough funds to lend out. Upon seeing this, Ayala Group CEO, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, gathered 120 of his top executives for lunch to tackle the issue.
Under Jaime Augusto’s leadership, the Ayala executives pooled together their resources and in one lunch hour, raised 25 million pesos to be used as a way to fund the thousands of mom and pop stores across the country.