The recital of AGI’s plans on real estate subsidiary Megaworld’s 35th anniversary by Kevin Andrew Tan, CEO of Alliance Global Group, could easily be dismissed as a press release — were it not for a similar interview conducted nine years ago. Around this time of year in 2015, Tatler was at the home of the Tans, to photograph the tycoon Andrew and his son Kevin, who was fast gaining recognition as an innovator in the development sector thanks to his successful execution of the company’s unique township concept. That interview revolved around the growth of the Tan empire—specifically Megaworld—the core values fuelling this growth, and the sharing of directions and goals.
The objective in 2015 was to build 20 townships by 2025; when Tatler spoke to him in May this year, the younger Tan reported a total of 31 townships across the nation, plus four more to come by year’s end. Such achievements give credence to what the young CEO is now proudly saying.
“We are one of the largest real-estate developers in the country,” says the man who’s now steering his family’s holding company AGI. Established as a glass container manufacturer in 1993, AGI became
