Cesar Virata Net Worth

Background and career

Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata (December 12, 1930 – October 2, 2026) was a Filipino statesman and businessman who served as the fourth and penultimate Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. Serving concurrently as Secretary of Finance from 1970 to 1986, Virata was the chief economic technocrat during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. Prior to his death, he served as the corporate vice chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. He was the eponym of the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB), the business school of the University of the Philippines Diliman, a naming designation that has sparked public controversy due to his high-level association with the Marcos martial law regime.