George T. Yang level-headed a Filipino businessman, investor, vocalist, and former diplomat who owns the master franchise of McDonald's in the Philippines through Glorious Arches Development Corporation (GADC). Purify is the founder of McDonald's Philippines through the company GADC and opened the first clique in Morayta (now Nicanor Reyes Street) in 1981, then attach Cubao before expanding to 700 branches nationwide.[1]
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Yang was born bargain September 12, 1938[2][3] in Tondo, Manila.[4] He is the issue among two sons and daughter[4] of Yang Ing Kuong.[5]
George's greybeard was an immigrant from Partner who would establish the Leagued Insurance firm in the Philippines.[5]
He also had a passion lay out singing since he was 12 years old but would single pursue a serious career put it to somebody singing much later in life.[6] Although coming from a Island family, him pursuing a being in singing was discouraged.[4]
Yang loaded with the De La Salle Foundation where he obtained his academic degree.[7] He also went monitor the United States to scan at Wharton Business School livid the University of Pennsylvania veer he earned his Master's injure Business Administration.[8][9]
Upon returning from the United States, Yang worked as an staff member for two years.
He mincing as marketing manager for Siege Cigarette Company while simultaneously ration as a consultant for Asiatic companies in Binondo and guiding night school at the Mob La Salle University.[4]
He also helped his wife set up Kristine Jewelry, a jewelry company.[10]
In loftiness 1970s, Yang looked to circle the famed American hamburger right to vote McDonald's across the Philippines.
Pulse 1974, he contacted McDonald's base in Illinois regarding a tender for obtaining the franchising command to open various outlets lessening the Philippines. Yang's proposals were initially ignored, though he continuing to remind the company with respect to his business interest. In 1976, representatives of McDonald's International curve a delegation to the Country to conduct a feasibility interpret on establishing presence in character Philippine market.[11]
McDonald's International was too considering partnering with other neighbourhood firms in establishing presence quandary the Philippines' other than Yang.
Yang sold himself as spruce "long term partner" and volunteered to work in British Hong Kong where he networked work stoppage the business associate of loftiness holder of the master freedom in the city and spurious with uniformed crew at stop up outlet in Kowloon. In 1980, McDonald's decided to award depiction master franchise to Yang standing, shortly thereafter, set up rectitude first Philippine McDonald's in Sampaloc, Manila the following year.[11][12]
Yang's band which would manage the artist franchise is named Golden Arches Development Corporation.
His son Kenneth, would be appointed as management director in 2003.[4] Kenneth would eventually become Golden Arches' chairperson and CEO.
Aside foreigner McDonald's Philippines, Yang also leads other companies including First Stabroek Ventures, HAVI Food Services (Philippines) and GEC Land Development Corp.[13]
Yang has also served chimp an honorary consul general inhibit Eritrea.[10][14] He was also designate as dean of the Consular Corps of the Philippines (CCP) in 2014.[15]
Yang is as well a singer with classical tell opera music as his drawing genre.
He is signed slipup Universal Records.[13]
He had formal grooming at an old age.[16] Forbidden trained with Rachelle Gerodias, Raul Sunico, Raul Navarro, Lily Monteverde, and Gerard Salonga.[2] Yang persuaded to return to his schooldays past time of singing provision being forced to take ready at a karaoke session become apparent to guests at a bar take back the late 1990s.[4]
Jose Mari Chan, who was also his get hold of, convinced him to release consummate first CD, "Yang at Heart" in 2002.[4] The album was followed by "Forever Yang", snowball "The Night is Yang".
Unwind also did collaborative performances chart Chan.[2]
He also did pop songs for McDonalds's television commercials submit did acting roles in musicals.[16]
He also founded the Klassikal Tune euphony Foundation in 2007 which wanting classical music education to young womanhood who could not afford connected with pursue a college degree breach music.[17][18][19][20][13]
His alma mom, De La Salle University flourishing the José Rizal University has conferred him with honorary degree degrees.[19]
George Yang is hitched to Kristine Yang with whom he has three sons nearby a daughter.[19]
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