Jaime Aristotle Alip

Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip (born April 22, 1957) is a Filipino social entrepreneur, and the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions, a group of companies composed of a microfinance NGO, banks, a development institute, microinsurance companies, IT companies, a publishing company, a tour operator, a pharmacy, and a laboratory. The companies were established to empower poor women on the countryside, to help eradicate poverty in the Philippines. CARD is the largest microfinance institute in the Philippines. Dr. Alip has won several awards for his work, such as the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award in 2008 for public service.[1] Dr, Alip was appointed as presidential adviser for Economic Empowerment of the Rural Poor in March 2011.[2] He is also the recipient of the 2019 Ramon V. del Rosario Award for Nation Building.

Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip
Dr. Alip in January 2017
Born (1957-04-22) 22 April 1957
San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma materHarvard Business School
University of the Philippines
Occupation(s)Founder and Chairman Emeritus of CARD MRI
Social Entrepreneur
Known forCARD
Mutually Reinforcing Institutions
SpouseAniceta R. Alip (1978–present)
Children3

References
  1. "Minimise, avert tragedies, says Ramon Magsaysay Award winner". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. "Ex-labor chief named to SSS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.


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