{"id":72377,"date":"2025-11-25T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72377"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:05:21","slug":"converge-ceo-named-businessman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/11\/25\/converge-ceo-named-businessman-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge CEO named Businessman of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy has been recognized as Businessman of the Year at Esquire Philippines\u2019 Man at His Best Awards 2025. The award highlights Uy\u2019s visionary leadership and his unwavering commitment to expanding digital access across the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uy shared, \u201cI don\u2019t really see myself as a businessman. I\u2019ve always been someone passionate about technology and how it can improve lives. As we look to the future, our work at Converge continues as we evolve into a technology company. We will keep using technology for good and ensure that no Filipino is left behind in this digital age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my fellow entrepreneurs, may we keep going hand in hand in building a connected and digitally empowered country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Esquire Philippines annually celebrates Man at His Best, the local iteration of the global signature event, honoring extraordinary Filipinos. While last year\u2019s awards recognized those defining the present, the 2025 edition honors individuals shaping the future, dubbed the Architects of Tomorrow, or visionary men and women advancing society through innovation, leadership, and creativity.<\/p>\n

Uy joined an impressive roster of leaders and trailblazers in music, arts, politics, and culture.\u00a0 Other honorees were Lav Diaz (Creative of the Year), Philippine Senator Paolo Benigno \u201cBam\u201d Aquino (Maverick of the Year), Jericho Rosales (Actor of the Year), Butch Dalisay (Icon of the Year), Glenda Gloria (Journalist of the Year), IV of Spades (Music Artist of the Year), and Jorge Mendez (Chef of the Year).<\/p>\n

Under Uy\u2019s guidance, Converge has driven the fiber-to-the-home revolution in the Philippines, establishing one of the largest and fastest fixed broadband networks in the country. He has championed the principle that internet access is not a privilege, but a right for every Filipino, a mission that has guided the company\u2019s rapid expansion and efforts to bridge the digital divide.<\/p>\n

Uy\u2019s leadership has earned him multiple national and international accolades. He was recognized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) with the Country Mover Award in 2024 for his contributions to national digitalization and he also\u00a0 represented the Philippines at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2023 as he was named Entrepreneur of the Year and Master Entrepreneur by EY Philippines the year prior.<\/p>\n

This 2025, Uy took helm of the PCCI\u2019s 51st Philippine Business Conference and Expo, infusing the biggest event of the business community with a fresh perspective anchored on technology and innovation. Global tech giants the likes of Foxconn and Naver – collaborators of Converge – addressed the Philippine business community.<\/p>\n

Today, Converge serves nearly 2.93 million residential subscribers and operates over 888,000 kilometers of fiber optic infrastructure nationwide, making it one of the most extensive fiber networks in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI share this award with those who stand with me every day \u2014 especially my employees, partners, and customers. I\u2019m here today because they helped me, and they were the backbone of my success,\u201d said Uy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough Converge, I\u2019m trying to bring down Internet costs and continue to disrupt the industry. I\u2019m the first one to offer prepaid fiber connection \u2014 we started at only 700 pesos. But that’s still expensive. We need to find a way to make every Filipino connected because this is a basic requirement for digital transformation. Without connectivity, we cannot transform at all,\u201dsaid Uy during his speech, delivered during the Man at His Best Awarding at EDSA Shangri-La Manila.<\/p>\n

This year, Converge has embarked on its evolution beyond broadband into a full-fledged technology company, aiming to deliver more innovative solutions and value-added services to drive a digitally inclusive future.<\/p>\n

With its techco transition in full swing, Uy commits on ensuring high-speed, reliable, and affordable internet for all Filipinos, while exploring new ways technology can transform businesses and industries across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Under Uy\u2019s guidance, Converge has driven the fiber-to-the-home revolution in the Philippines, establishing one of the largest and fastest fixed broadband networks in the country. He has championed the principle that internet access is not a privilege, but a right for every Filipino, a mission that has guided the company\u2019s rapid expansion and efforts to bridge the digital divide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[275,7703,7872],"class_list":["post-72377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-awards","tag-converge","tag-dennis-anthony-uy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72379,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72377\/revisions\/72379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}