Filipino-Chinese Tycoon George Ty. The great banker is also a Catholic and a Marian Devotee.
Excerpt from the Interview:
I heard that you’re one of the few overseas Chinese among the 10 achievers recently awarded by the government of China along with Nobel Prize for Literature winner Mo Yan and the first Chinese female astronaut the 33-year-old pilot Major Liu Yang?
I want to share with you a personal philanthropic endeavor of mine. I recently donated P100 million to build a Catholic Church in Nanjing City, which I think is now the most beautiful church in China.
You know, 64 years ago, a miracle of apparitions happened at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of Lipa City, Batangas province. The Blessed Mother Mary in 1948 appeared and shared to a novice nun of the Carmelite order, Sister Teresing Castillo — one secret to herself, one for the Carmel convent in Lipa City, one for China, and also one for the entire world. This church project is inspired by that apparition miracle in Lipa and this project was actually made possible through the efforts of my wife Mary.
SOURCE:
http://www.philstar.com/sunday-life/2013/01/27/901378/george-ty-swims-30-minutes-daily-sleeps-early-and-wears-20-year-old