About Mariano Que
Lived 1921 – 2017 (aged 95–96). Mariano Que was a business executive.
Mariano Que (14 August 1921 – 14 April 2017) was a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder of the pharmacy chain Mercury Drug.
Background Born in 1921, Que worked as an employee at Farmacia Central, a major pharmacy owned by Jose Tee Han Kee along Calle Rosario (now Quintin Paredes Street) in Manila, prior to the onset of World War II. He was orphaned during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
After the war ended in 1945, Que bought worth of Sulfathiazole pills. He sold these drugs in single doses and, using his savings, bought an assortment of medicine which he peddled through a pushcart. He founded Mercury Drug in Bambang on March 1, 1945.
Mercury Drug expanded outside Metro Manila with the acquisition of Medical Center Drug Corporation, a medical supplies and equipment manufacturer, in 1976.
Personal life Que was married to Estelita de Jesus and had 8 children.
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Who was Mariano Que?
Chinese-Filipino businessman
When was Mariano Que born?
Mariano Que was born in 1921.
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Mariano Que died on 14 April 2017.
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Mariano Que was a business executive.
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