20 Engineers Who Became CEOs and Tycoons

The world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, is an engineer. The Philippines’ last taipan, Lucio Tan, is an engineer. The head of all-knowing Google, Sundar Pichai, is an engineer.
Graduating with a BS in engineering is not just a guarantee of your future as a respected professional—it’s also a doorway to so much more. The world’s biggest tech companies and the Philippines’ biggest conglomerates are headed by engineers, who also boast the title of CEO alongside Engr.
Here are 20 engineers who are now CEOs from the Philippines and around the world.
From the Philippines
1| Ramon Ang

CEO of Top Frontier Investment Holdings, president and CEO of San Miguel Corporation
BS Mechanical Engineering
Far Eastern University
2| Lucio Tan

CEO of Philippine Airlines and Chairman of LT Group
BS Chemical Engineering
Far Eastern University
3| David Consuji

Founder of DMCI Holdings
BS Civil Engineering
University of the Philippines
4| Tony Tan Caktiong

Founder and chairman of Jolilbee Food Corp.
BS Chemical Engineering
University of Santo Tomas
5| Edgar Saavedra

Chairman of Megawide Construction
BS Civil Engineering
De La Salle University
6| Eric Recto

Chairman of Bedfordbury Development
BS Industrial Engineering
University of the Philippines
7| Michael Cosiquien

Cofounder of Megawide Construction
BS Civil Engineering
De La Salle University
8| Alfredo Yao

Founder of Zest-O and Macay Holdings Inc.
BS Chemical Engineering
Mapua Institute of Technology
9| Frederick Dy

Chairman of Security Bank
BS Industrial Engineering
Cornell University
10| Jacinto Ng

Founder of Republic Biscuit (Rebisco) and Asia United Bank
BS Chemical Engineering
Mapua Institute of Technology
11| Dean Lao

Chairman emeritus of D&L Industries
BS Chemical Engineering
Polytechnic Colleges of the Philippines
From Around the World
12| Jeff Bezos

Founder and CEO of Amazon
BS Electricial Engineering and Computer Science
Princeton University
13| Tim Cook

CEO of Apple
BS Industrial Engineering
Auburn University
14| Satya Nadella

CEO of Microsoft
BS Electrical Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology
16| Sundar Pichai

CEO of Google
BS Metallurgical Engineering
Institute of Technology
17| Steve Wozniak

Co-founder of Apple
BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of california, Berkeley
18| Mary Barra

Chairman and CEO of General Motors
BS Electrical Engineering
General Motors Institute
19| Bernard Arnault

Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE
BS Engineering
École Polytechnique
20| Carlos Ghosn

Former CEO of Renault and Nissan, former chairman of Mistubishi Motors
BS Engineering
École Polytechnique
* A wanted fugitive
ALSO: Elon Musk

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
BS Economics and BA Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Credited as the chief engineer and designer of rocket company SpaceX