Teresita Sy-Coson

https://www.forbes.com/profile/teresita-sy-coson/

Her father discouraged her from getting a masters and said, "Come work with me; it's the school of hard knocks."

At age 22 she helped open SM's first department store in Manila.

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https://www.sminvestments.com/press_release/sm-net-income-grows-65-to-php38-5b-in-2021/

By the end of the year 2021, SM Retail added a total of 294 new stores across the entire portfolio for a total of 3,215 outlets, consisting of 68 The SM Stores, 1,539 specialty retail stores, 62 SM Supermarkets, 52 SM Hypermarkets, 214 Savemore, 73 WalterMart, and 1,207 Alfamart stores.