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Jose Concepcion Jr.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr. (December 29, 1931 – March 6, 2024), also known as Joecon, was a Filipino businessman, industrialist, activist, and politician.
He was primarily known as the President and COO of RFM Corporation from 1965 to 1986, where he was able to grow and expand it from a flour milling company to a highly diversified conglomerate. He was also the co-founder of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), a non-partisan election watchdog organization that became notable for monitoring the 1986 snap election, as well as exposing the multiple anomalies surrounding it.
After the People Power Revolution that erupted from the aftermath of the snap election, he served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 1986 to 1991, during the term of Corazon Aquino.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr. was born in Pasay on December 29, 1931, to industrialist Jose N. Concepcion Sr., who co-founded RFM Corporation and founded Concepcion Industries, and Herminia Santos. He was the eldest of four children which included a twin, Raul, who was born ten minutes after him and subsequently led part of the family business.
In his early years, Concepcion lived at the family residence in Taft Avenue, Manila, and studied at the nearby De La Salle University, from where he received an associate degree in commercial science, and the Araneta Institute of Agriculture, from where he received a Bachelor's Degree majoring in soils and agricultural sciences.
Concepcion served as president and COO of RFM Corporation, which was founded by his father Jose N. Concepcion Sr. and father-in-law Salvador Araneta as a flour-milling company, from 1965 to 1986. Under Concepcion's leadership, RFM diversified into the animal feed milling, poultry, and livestock industries and obtained a license from the American meat processing firm Swift to produce processed meats in the Philippines. Concepcion's family also owned the air-conditioning and refrigerator manufacturer Concepcion-Carrier, as well as the elevator and escalator manufacturer OTIS.
Concepcion was a trustee of the Makati Business Club from 1984 to 1986. He was also chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry's ASEAN Committee, and was also the Philippine chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council and the East Asia Business Council upon their establishment in 2002.
Concepcion was the first person in the Philippines to use radioisotopes, which he applied as a mechanism to determine how much phosphorus was needed in fertilizers to encourage growth. His efforts led him to publish a paper titled "Radio-isotope Phosphorus in Plants."
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Jose Concepcion Jr.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr. (December 29, 1931 – March 6, 2024), also known as Joecon, was a Filipino businessman, industrialist, activist, and politician.
He was primarily known as the President and COO of RFM Corporation from 1965 to 1986, where he was able to grow and expand it from a flour milling company to a highly diversified conglomerate. He was also the co-founder of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), a non-partisan election watchdog organization that became notable for monitoring the 1986 snap election, as well as exposing the multiple anomalies surrounding it.
After the People Power Revolution that erupted from the aftermath of the snap election, he served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 1986 to 1991, during the term of Corazon Aquino.
Jose Santos Concepcion Jr. was born in Pasay on December 29, 1931, to industrialist Jose N. Concepcion Sr., who co-founded RFM Corporation and founded Concepcion Industries, and Herminia Santos. He was the eldest of four children which included a twin, Raul, who was born ten minutes after him and subsequently led part of the family business.
In his early years, Concepcion lived at the family residence in Taft Avenue, Manila, and studied at the nearby De La Salle University, from where he received an associate degree in commercial science, and the Araneta Institute of Agriculture, from where he received a Bachelor's Degree majoring in soils and agricultural sciences.
Concepcion served as president and COO of RFM Corporation, which was founded by his father Jose N. Concepcion Sr. and father-in-law Salvador Araneta as a flour-milling company, from 1965 to 1986. Under Concepcion's leadership, RFM diversified into the animal feed milling, poultry, and livestock industries and obtained a license from the American meat processing firm Swift to produce processed meats in the Philippines. Concepcion's family also owned the air-conditioning and refrigerator manufacturer Concepcion-Carrier, as well as the elevator and escalator manufacturer OTIS.
Concepcion was a trustee of the Makati Business Club from 1984 to 1986. He was also chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry's ASEAN Committee, and was also the Philippine chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council and the East Asia Business Council upon their establishment in 2002.
Concepcion was the first person in the Philippines to use radioisotopes, which he applied as a mechanism to determine how much phosphorus was needed in fertilizers to encourage growth. His efforts led him to publish a paper titled "Radio-isotope Phosphorus in Plants."