Editor’s note: Mercedes “Chita” Tan Gotianun, cofounder of the Filinvest group of companies, passed on Dec. 11 at the age of 94. In this article, grandson Francis Gotianun, Filinvest Development Corp. director, pays tribute to his beloved ama—widely seen as the perfect complement to the late patriarch Andrew Gotianun Sr. and a woman who persevered to accomplish her goals extraordinarily.
Coming from humble beginnings, my grandmother Mercedes Tan Gotianun always strove to achieve more. She was a University of the Philippines magna cum laude graduate (Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy), the first woman universal bank president in the Philippines and in our family, she was the storyteller whose often-repeated stories wove her grandchildren together.
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