Topic: Willie Revillame

Introduction

Willie Revillame is a Filipino television host, actor, singer, producer,

businessman, and model. He was born with the real name “Wilfredo
Buendia Revillame” on January 27, 1961 in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines. He was married to actress Princess Punzalan in 1990. Later,
they separated and Willie married Liz Almoro in a civil ceremony at Lipa,
Batangas in March 2005, officiated by Mayor Vilma Santos. The
marriage was annulled in 2008. Revillame has four children including
Meryll Soriano and grandchildren including Elijah Palanca.

Factors that made Willie Revillame successful

Willie Revillame is indeed one wealthy man with all the properties
he acquired from showbiz and personal business. Prior to his acting
career and hosting, he started as a drummer of Randy Santiago. He is
now 57 years old, yet remains active on his hosting careers and business.

In 1980, he started his hosting career with the GMA Network’s

noontime variety program Lunch Date. After this, he then started
appearing on different movies playing sidekick to big-named stars. One
of his remarkable sidekick roles was in a movie with Cesar Montano
“Kung Kaya Mo Kaya Ko Rin”. The biggest and most anticipated
noontime show in ABS-CBN Wowowee is where his name became even
bigger and considered as the most generous host. The “Masang Pilipino”
idolized him because of his generous act of helping the poor through this
show. Like many other celebrities, his fame passed through many storms
when he got involved in several controversies. Apparently, the last leads
him on leaving the Kapamilya Network and his popular show. Luckily, he
made a homecoming comeback on GMA Network and now running his
primetime show Wowowin. As his fame rose up again and his fortune as
well. The Wowowin host is now one of the Philippines richest celebrities.
Aside from the fact that this host is also into the business venture. The
total declared and recorded net worth of Willie, reaches up to Php600
million, making him the 3rd richest Filipino celebrity behind Sharon
Cuneta and Manny Pacquiao , this is according to trending.ph.
 Willie Revillame really serves as an inspiration and hope for the
less fortunate Kababayans. Many will definitely agree that he is one of
the most generous celebrities in the Philippines. But still, we cannot
please everyone, even if some people like him, there are still some people
who hated him because of certain issues. After all, what really matters for
some people is how many and how far you can extend your helping hand
to others.