Loida Nicolas Lewis, business leader, part 2

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This week on Pinoy Pod, Part 2 of our two-part interview with Filipino American business executive Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairwoman and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice LLC and TLC Beatrice China and Philippines. A native of Sorsogon, Philippines, Lewis recently became the first Filipino and the first woman to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in Seattle.
Lewis took over TLC Beatrice in 1994. That was a year after the untimely death of her husband, Reginald F. Lewis, who had built the company into the largest African American-owned corporation in America.
In this podcast with The Chronicle's Michelle Louie, Lewis talks about women in politics, particularly how she has joined Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign effort.
Also, she speaks about her love for Reginald Lewis, the fate of "Harry Potter" and how she successfully sued the Immigration and Naturalization Service for discrimination.

Loida Nicolas, business leader, part 1

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This week on Pinoy Pod, Part 1 of a two-part interview with Filipino American business executive Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairwoman and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice LLC and TLC Beatrice China and Philippines. A native of Sorsogon, Philippines, Lewis was the first Asian woman to pass the New York State Bar without having studied in the United States.
Lewis took over TLC Beatrice in 1994. That was a year after the untimely death of her husband, Reginald F. Lewis, who had built the company into the largest African American-owned corporation in America.
In this podcast with The Chronicle's Michelle Louie, Lewis talks about how she overcame her grief, balanced the needs of her children and kept faith in herself despite skeptics who doubted her ability to run the company.
She also gives pointers on how to do business in China, offers words of advice to those who want to follow in her footsteps and talks about her recent honor of being the first Filipino as well as the first woman to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in Seattle.

Pilipino Cultural Night: A rite of passage for FilAm students

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For thousands of Filipino American college students throughout the country, it's PCN season. PCN stands for Pilipino Cultural Night, a yearly ritual featuring Filipino ethnic dances and culture, and skits exploring such issues as family, identity and history.
For tens of thousands of Filipino American youths, being part of a PCN, either as performers or as members of the production staff, has been a rite of passage for about three decades.
In this episode of Pinoy Pod, Professor Theo Gonzalves of the University of Hawaii talks with The Chronicle's Benjamin Pimentel about the origins of the PCNs and why it has endured as a Filipino American genre.

Socially conscious capitalist Yobie Benjamin

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Published May 1, 2007

As a highly successful businessman, Yobie Benjamin followed a unusual path.
He grew up in the Manila suburb of Malabon where his family struggled to make ends meet. He went to the University of the Philippines, where he became an activist against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. He was arrested and tortured by the regime.
After he was released, he immersed himself in the world of computers and later moved to the United States where he has worked with many of Silicon Valley's pioneers.
Benjamin eventually made a name for himself as a businessman and technologist, one known for his emphasis on socially conscious entrepreneurship.
He is now CEO of GoodStorm.com, an e-commerce company he co-founded as a response to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The San Francisco firm's slogan is, "Capitalism Done Right.''
In a recent interview with Pinoy Pod's Benjamin Pimentel, Yobie Benjamin talked about his life journey and what inspired him to create GoodStorm.

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