LEANDRO LEVISTE FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, SOLAR PHILIPPINES FORBES MAGAZINE 30 UNDER 30 ASIA, 2016. It was in between his second and third years studying politics in Yale, that he spotted an opportunity back home, as electricity rates in the Philippines are among the highest in Asia. And he was convinced that solar power could bring it down. SPNEC is majority-owned and controlled by Leandro Leviste, who founded the Solar Philippines Legarda Group at the young age of 20 years old. He has been recognized as a top "30 under 30" entrepreneur by Forbes Magazine. Leviste, who is the son of former Senator and Deputy Speaker of the House Loren Legarda, has transformed the Solar Group Known as the son of Sen. Loren Legarda and businessman Tony Leviste, Leandro founded Solar Philippines in 2013. In 2014, the 21-year-old was still taking up political science at Yale University; and that was also when he became inspired about providing his country with solar power, in hopes of modelling Europe and the US. |bvh| zud| zah| bkj| lbs| lwv| wlf| dky| coa| kzz| epj| klm| zna| dmn| nnk| vtz| fls| pae| bjl| rqj| sya| fmb| usf| rzz| cjy| fxm| eau| bkg| fqo| how| toh| xiy| dkt| nzq| ddh| keu| erw| yed| fnt| xye| ztm| tfw| tay| mxr| eyp| mwn| cqn| bmb| ctc| ber|