Cynthia Villar Can Buy 25 Million Milk Tea Glasses: Senators' Wealth Explained

Villar tops the Senate millionaires list.

by The reportr team

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The Senate on Thursday released the net worth of its members based on their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth as required by law.

Realtor Cynthia Villar, whose family is among the country's richest, topped the list, followed by boxing champion Manny Pacquiao.

Numbers by themselves don't capture the entire picture. What can you buy with Villar's net worth of P3.8 billion? It's a P300 million increase from the compariosn period, mid-2019 to December 2019.

Let's illustrate it with milk tea, the go-to drink of millennials, Gen Z and adults who want to defy the threat of diabetes.

We illustrated riches through common currency before, samgyupsal, to decode the annual Forbes billionaires list.

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The wife of former Senate president Manny Villar can buy over 25.4 million cups of milk tea at P150 each. The increase in her net worth alone can buy 2 million cups.

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Billionaire boxer Pacquiao can buy 21.1 million cups of milk tea, followed by Senators Ralph Recto with 3.7 million cups, Migz Zubiri with 1.3 million cups, and Bong Revilla with 1.1 million cups.

Here's how many cups of milktea other senators can buy with their net worth:

Sonny Angara- 948,084
Franklin Drilon- 681,730
Grace Poe- 650, 876
Sherwin Gatchalian- 636,029
Pia Cayetano- 551,828
Vicente Sotto III- 518,486
Richard Gordon- 474, 718
Lito Lapid- 472, 991
Francis Tolentino- 407,813
Nancy Binay- 402, 126
Panfilo Lacson- 326,394
Koko Pimentel- 242,056
Imee Marcos- 226,803
Ronald Dela Rosa- 220,168
Joel Villanueva- 201, 662
Kiko Pangilinan- 133,172
Bong Go- 122,607
Risa Hontiveros- 107,000
Leila De Lima- 55,490

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