Jose Roberto "Robbie" Antonio (born 1977) is a Filipino businessman and

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. He is the son of José E. B. Antonio, one of the Philippines' 40 richest people.

Education

Antonio attended

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where he got a first degree in Economics and pursued his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Career

Antonio, along with Pei Partnership, developed Centurion in New York City.

Revolution Precrafted

Antonio is also the producer of Revolution Precrafted, a Manila-based series of prefabricated structures by other designers such as Daniel Libeskind,

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, and Lenny Kravitz. Revolution Precrafted was recognized as the first ‘Unicorn’ startup in the Philippines, in 2017. In the Philippines, Antonio is the founder and CEO of Resident Holdings Group. Antonio is also the founder of Renegade Branding Concepts, it was founded in 2019 and has partnered with local and international personalities who create their own brand of products and services. Renegade worked with Senator Emmanual “Manny” D. Pacquiao,

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, supermodel

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, and others.

Century Properties

In February 2021, Antonio stepped down from the board of Century Properties amidst a National Bureau of Investigation probe on financial woes allegations against Revolution Precrafted. However, the complaint and investigation was later dismissed due to no probable cause.

Personal life

Antonio is an art collector. In 2013, his 25,000 square foot Manila home was completed. The house, which Antonio named "Stealth", was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and includes a dedicated private gallery of portraits he has commissioned of himself by famous artists. A profile by '' Vanity Fair'' commented on the extreme disparity between Antonio's wealth and the average income of the Philippines. In a 2013 op-ed in the ''

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'', the article claimed that the Antonio family was on the ''Forbes'' list of top 40 wealthiest Filipinos and that they were not listed in the top 500 taxpayers of BIR's. The author characterized Antonio's personal spending on vanity projects and relatively modest philanthropic spending as indicative of inequality in the Philippines where the average family income in 2013 was $4,988. BIR records show that the Antonios were among the top 500 taxpayers in the Philippines in 2012 and 2013. He was a board director of

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References

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