Michelle Ramos

A single ₱7 copy of the Manila Bulletin in 1993 became an investment that yielded a 30-year return for Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC). For Mybelle V. Aragon-GoBio, now the president and chief executive officer of the Gokongwei-led real estate giant, the ritual of scanning the classifieds was more than a post-graduate chore. It was the catalyst for her climb to the C-suite.

The story begins with a common frustration for fresh graduates, the bureaucratic lag of a “dream job.” Having recently graduated from Ateneo de Manila University, Aragon-GoBio was slated to join San Miguel Corp., one of the country’s most storied conglomerates. However, the onboarding process was taking longer than expected.

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