Filipino real estate mogul Jose Antonio has a net worth of $400 million. He founded Century Properties in 1986 with just six people. The company develops high-end real estate and has gone through several tough times that dampened the business. These include the 1989 coup attempt, the power crisis in the early ’90s and the Asian financial crisis in 1997. Currently, it has high-end condo projects across Manila and workforce of over 3,000. It also has licensing deals with Forbes Media, Donald Trump, Giorgio Armani and Paris Hilton.
All his four sons have executive roles in the company. In 2017, Robbie joined him in the list of richest Filipinos after his Revolution Prefabricated, a maker of factory-built luxury homes, secured an investment and was valued at $256 million from VC firm 500 Startups.
Antonio built signature residential building, the Centurion, in Manhattan, designed by I.M. Pei and son. He founded and chairs the Philippine-China Business Council and served as the Philippines’ special envoy to China. He was named by President Rodrigo Duterte as special envoy of trade to the U.S. in November 2016.
Jose Antonio is a big fan of magnate Warren Buffet while he also shows admiration to techies Mark Zuckerberg for his game-changing Facebook, and Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk, founders of the online marketplace and homestay network Airbnb.
The Makati City prosecutor has junked the syndicated estafa charges filed against executives of Revolution Precrafted, including owner Robbie Antonio, only four months after the Makati Regional Trial Court dismissed an earlier suit as unfounded. The prosecutor said there was no evidence to support the complaint and neither were there any evidence that the company’s executives committed criminal acts. “Of course there is a sense of vindication, as we have always maintained that contract disruptions were unavoidable due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Antonio said. “Now that things are slowly returning to normal, we are currently in the process of studying our operations, and evaluating a pivot of the business plan” he concluded.
After the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) first cleared Revolution Precrafted, and Robbie Antonio, of any wrongdoing last November 2021, businessman and Revolution Precrafted CEO Robbie Antonio scored another legal victory when the Makati RTC Office of the Prosecutor once again dismissed a second, and the only remaining pending case, against him. The court declared both cases as unfounded.
Cited in its resolution (NPS no. XV-05-INV-21J-1918) dated April 7, 2022, the court determined that “there is no evidence to support a complaint for syndicated estafa or violation of P.D. 1689”, and neither was there evidence to conclude that “Revolution, through respondents as officers and directors, committed or performed acts of defraudation and misappropriation”.
“Of course there is a sense of vindication, as we have always maintained that contract disruptions were unavoidable due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Antonio said.
“Now that things are slowly returning to normal, we are currently in the process of studying our operations, and evaluating a pivot of the business plan” he concluded.
Revolution Precrafted is a collaboration of the world’s foremost creatives in architecture, art, and design to produce a full-suite of limited-edition Precrafted living spaces, adaptive amenity spaces, pavilions.”
After the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) first cleared Revolution Precrafted, and Robbie Antonio, of any wrongdoing last November 2021, businessman and Revolution Precrafted CEO Robbie Antonio scored another legal victory when the Makati RTC Office of the Prosecutor once again dismissed a second, and the only remaining pending case, against him. The court declared both cases as unfounded.
Cited in its resolution (NPS no. XV-05-INV-21J-1918) dated April 7, 2022, the court determined that “there is no evidence to support a complaint for syndicated estafa or violation of P.D. 1689”, and neither was there evidence to conclude that “Revolution, through respondents as officers and directors, committed or performed acts of defraudation and misappropriation”.
“Of course there is a sense of vindication, as we have always maintained that contract disruptions were unavoidable due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Antonio said.
“Now that things are slowly returning to normal, we are currently in the process of studying our operations, and evaluating a pivot of the business plan” he concluded.
Revolution Precrafted is a collaboration of the world’s foremost creatives in architecture, art, and design to produce a full-suite of limited-edition Precrafted living spaces, adaptive amenity spaces, pavilions.”
Following complaints stemming from unavoidable complications brought on by the global pandemic in early 2020, the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) first cleared Revolution Precrafted and its CEO Robbie Antonio of any wrongdoing in November 2021. Now, the noted real estate businessman and his company have scored yet another legal victory as the Makati RTC Office of the Prosecutor once again dismissed the second, and only remaining case on April 7, 2022. The court declared both cases as unfounded.
Cited in its resolution (NPS no. XV-05-INV-21J-1918), the court determined that “there is no evidence to support a complaint for syndicated estafa or violation of P.D. 1689,’’ and neither was there evidence to conclude that “Revolution, through respondents as officers and directors, committed or performed acts of defraudation and misappropriation.”
“Of course, there is a sense of vindication as the court’s decision supports the fact that we have always honored our legitimate commitments to all connected business parties,” Antonio said. “While this was just an unfortunate and unavoidable situation, we are happy to have sorted out all issues and now turn our focus to exciting developments ahead. With the world slowly beginning to return to normal, we are in the process of studying our operations, and considering plans to explore all-new areas with Revolution Precrafted.”
Founded by Robbie Antonio in 2015, Revolution Precrafted is a collaboration of almost one hundred of the world’s foremost creatives in architecture, art, and design which produces a full suite of limited-edition precrafted living spaces, adaptive amenity spaces, pavilions.
Robbie Antonio | Founder & CEO | Resident Holdings
The Global reach of technological-driven start-ups has opened up many new frontiers for organizations across the globe. For any leader having a clear vision to thrive in this disruption is vital for businesses. Leaders must be comfortable and should be open to various new ideas and innovations and they should communicate them to their employees and peers. At the core, no company or leader is immune from the force of technological shift. With the understanding of the current market landscape and identifying possible trends, Robbie Antonio is the Founder and CEO of Resident Holdings He has achieved success in the fields of property, fintech edutech, e-commerce, home accessories, beauty, fashion, jewelry, food, electronics, and gaming. His experience in brand marketing reached new heights when he launched his umbrella company:
Resident Holdings.
Below is his story,
Robbie reads a lot and meets a lot of fellow CEOs to understand the current market landscape and identify possible trends, opportunities, red flags that may come up. “You can never be overprepared when you’re in business. The direction and fate of the company rest on your decisions and inputs”, says Robbie.
Being a real estate developer in the field of consumer branding, he has worked with various celebrities and influencers for worldwide projects representing 20 companies involving fashion, fintech and edutech. Under the Resident Holdings Group is fast-growing and e-commerce companies. Antonio has achieved achievements in the fields of real estate and e-commerce, he is also venturing into e-services with upcoming companies such as Reform Legal Services, Rejuvenate Service Corporation, Reconcile Corporation, RACE, and so on.
Robbie is embarking on a more challenging role with Resident Holdings. He is rolling out and beefing up the company’s non-property related business units, as the company is increasing manpower exponentially to top-quality managers and employees so that it can help those companies hit the ground running. He is also putting up companies involved in e-commerce, services, fashion, fintech and edutech.
Robbie always keeps challenging himself to innovate continuously and his company is doing a staggered rollout of the companies to be able to introduce Resident Holding’s concepts and business models at different stages. The common thread that connects the business units is the celebrity partnership DNA. All of these companies are completely celebrity curated. He believes that by partnering with celebrities, reputable personalities and companies, it instantly elevates the image, perception, and value of any product.
Resident Holdings Group is a Southeast-Asia based global holding company of technologically-driven startups with a strategy of global expansion and interests in the fields of social media marketing, franchising, tech-based legal, medical, and accounting services. Its flagship company is unicorn startup Revolution Precrafted, a supplier of traditional and prefabricated homes and structures with a footprint in 31countries in Asia, Middle East, Europe, North and South America, and the Caribbean Islands. Resident Holdings traces the roots of to the formation of its flagship company, Revolution Precrafted in December 2015. At the time, there was very little awareness and preference for prefabricated homes. A lot of people have misconceptions about what prefab homes are. So the company came up with an idea to partner with some of the designers and architects in the world to curate transportable, modular homes. Since its launch, Revolution Precrafted has become the only unicorn company in the Philippines, valued at over $1bn. Robbie considers his experience in Revolution as an important highlight of his leadership path. He was able to form and lead a team committed to succeeding in a space that was previously not as celebrated and talked about.
Robbie has received several awards from different organizations as one of the youngest and most prolific collectors of international modern and post-war contemporary art. He has always believed in continuously improving to drive his team and company forward. He believes that itis the role of the CEO to always check the market landscape and think out of the box to come up with new projects, products, and solutions that people will patronize… things that will improve their lives. In the first place, he came up with the idea of Resident Holdings to introduce new businesses outside of the real estate sector, which he has been involved in for so long. Indeed, the CEO needs to create a spark that will drive the revolution within the company.
Robbie is recognized as “20 of the World’s Most Innovative Art Collectors,” in 2014, and also “12 Young Art Collectors to Watch in 2016.” He wants to surprise the market with new offerings and don’t like to rest on laurels. He also tries to incorporate a new element to every business unit to be different. CEO always faces the toughest task. His team introduces new concepts and new ideas all the time to create new revenue streams and sometimes, these ideas face questions and challenges from the board or the management committee. His game plan always breaks from convention and break new concepts. In a very competitive landscape, the first one who introduces new takes a sizable chunk of the market. He always wants to be the one to change the game by introducing something new.
Robbie’s vision is to be prepared to come up with different paths to achieve your goal and work hard to achieve it. “You have to convince everyone of the value of these concepts before they receive the green light”, says the leader. The problem is made even more complicated by regulatory limitations and standards. Once approved, you now have to think about operations, marketing, logistics. A CEO needs to lead all aspects of the business to make it succeed. The company has over 20 business units under Resident Holdings but it intends to come up with new business ideas. The company’s goal in the next 5 to 10 years is to be present in more industries and to be a truly global player., edutech, e-commerce, home accessories, beauty, fashion, jewelry, food, electronics, and gaming. His experience in brand marketing reached new heights when he launched his umbrella company: Resident Holdings.
Tech entrepreneur and CEO of Revolution Precrafted Robbie Antonio today announced a joint venture with international architecture firm And Studio in the release of limited edition NFT offerings. The NFT series will feature a wide variety of inspired renderings, including exclusive designs from And Studio contributed to the portfolio of home structures available through Revolution Precrafted.
Real estate businessman Robbie Antonio today unveiled his upcoming plans for spec home development projects throughout popular housing markets of Connecticut, USA. Tapping into the massive shifts in market trends, the spec home projects are set to develop within areas that have recently experienced significant interest from new movers seeking move-in-ready homes.
