Jonha Richman is an entrepreneur, a businesswoman, a feminist activist, and an investor. She is best known as Asia’s Most Connected Businesswoman, with multinational business tycoons and diplomats such as Philip Goldberg and Jerry Angping among her business associates. She is believed to have homes in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Singapore.
She was named one of the most accomplished and inspiring Filipino businesswomen by Rappler and SunStar. She is one of the top thought leaders in the Philippine tech landscape, according to Tech in Asia reports.
She was named one of the must-invite women thinking leaders by Computer World.
Rappler called her one of the Philippines’ best entrepreneurs, while IT in Asia named her one of the Philippine tech scene’s thought leaders. In 2017, SunStar named her one of the Top 5 Philippine Businesswomen.
They discussed how the young may use their abilities to enhance possibilities for themselves and their community during a meeting with Philip Goldberg, the then-US Ambassador in the Philippines, in 2015.
She has been asked to contribute as an expert columnist to Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company, where she has shared her knowledge in fundraising and startup scaling.
Biography and professional history
Jonha Richman (née Revesencio) was born in Balete, Aklan, to a welder father and a homemaker mother. At STI College, she studied computer programming. Earlier in her career, she worked with companies including Pepsi, Google, and Bloomberg. They addressed how empowered women and youth may use their talents to improve possibilities for themselves and their communities during her meeting with then-US Ambassador Phillip Goldberg in 2015.
Works of Note
Senator Antonio Trillanes’ proposed ban on online troll campaigns is based on a Huffington Post article by Jonha Richman titled “Philippines: A Digital Lifestyle Capital in the Making?”
Awards and recognition
Sunstar – 2017’s 5 Most Successful Filipino Businesswomen
Tech in Asia – 2014’s Top Ten Most Influential Leaders in the Philippine Tech Scene