In this biography
Quick facts
- Born
- 23 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Not independently established
- Country
- Philippines
- Nationality
- Filipino
- Known for
- Listed food-company leadership and entrepreneurship mentoring through Go Negosyo
- Born
- 23 June 1958; birthplace not independently established
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, De La Salle University
- Corporate name
- Jose Ma. A. Concepcion III in the stock-exchange record
- RFM leadership
- Chairman, president and chief executive in the checked current listing
- Go Negosyo
- Founded in 2005
- Historical advisory service
- Presidential consultant, 2005–2010; special adviser, 2016–2022
Why this life matters
His work connects large-company management with enterprise advocacy, while corporate leadership, nonprofit founding and historical presidential-adviser roles remain separate responsibilities.
Timeline
Key moments
Birth
Born on 23 June.
Recognition
Receives The Outstanding Young Men recognition, as recorded in the company biography.
Go Negosyo
Founds the entrepreneurship organisation; begins a separate historical presidential-consultant period.
Industrial board appointment
Elected a Concepcion Industrial director on 5 July.
Special-adviser period
Serves in a historical presidential advisory role, distinct from company management.
Agricultural enterprise cooperation
A dated NCIP meeting documents mentoring and Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri cooperation.
Corporate leadership check
The stock-exchange listing identifies his RFM chairman and executive offices.
Education and a distinct business identity
Joey Concepcion was born on 23 June 1958 and studied Business Management at De La Salle University. RFM’s company biography records the degree and his 1995 recognition among The Outstanding Young Men. The checked sources do not independently establish a birthplace, so a city is not inferred from his education or office address.
His formal corporate name is Jose Ma. A. Concepcion III. He is a different person from his father, Jose Concepcion Jr., whose industrial and civic career belongs to an earlier generation. That distinction is important when reading company histories or accounts of entrepreneurship advocacy: a similar name does not transfer an appointment or founding achievement from father to son.
RFM and industrial board responsibilities
The checked Philippine Stock Exchange record identifies Concepcion as RFM Corporation’s chairman, president and chief executive. These are responsibilities at a listed food company, not proof that he founded the enterprise. The chairmanship and executive offices concern different aspects of corporate oversight and management, even when one individual holds them.
Concepcion Industrial’s 2024 report separately records his election as a director on 5 July 2013 and describes his RFM and ice-cream-business responsibilities. The companies and board appointments should not be collapsed into one undated family title. Each issuer’s own filing provides the appropriate scope for the role it documents.
Founding Go Negosyo and the mentoring model
Concepcion founded Go Negosyo in 2005. In a June 2025 first-person account, he explains its emphasis on access to mentorship, money and markets. This is a practical model for connecting smaller businesses with advice and commercial opportunities, rather than a claim that motivation alone removes every barrier to enterprise.
The organisation is distinct from his management of RFM. A March 2023 National Commission on Indigenous Peoples account describes cooperation concerning entrepreneurship and agricultural enterprise through the Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri programme. The record provides a concrete example of advocacy meeting an institutional partner; it does not independently establish the success of every proposed activity or a current beneficiary total.
Business advocacy and historical public service
His public-facing work has also included presidential advisory responsibilities. Concepcion Industrial’s filing dates a consultancy to 2005–2010 and a special-adviser period to 2016–2022. Those historical appointments are not carried forward as current cabinet office, nor are they interchangeable with his private-sector leadership.
The career therefore spans several institutions: a listed company, other industrial boards and a separately founded entrepreneurship organisation. Keeping those roles distinct makes the contribution clearer. His documented work concerns management, mentoring and business-policy engagement; promotional impact claims require evidence beyond a founder’s account of the organisation’s mission.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about Joey Concepcion
- What is Joey Concepcion’s full name?
- The stock-exchange record uses Jose Ma. A. Concepcion III; he is widely known as Joey Concepcion.
- What did Joey Concepcion found?
- He founded Go Negosyo in 2005. His documented RFM role is executive and board leadership, not an asserted founding role.
- Is Joey Concepcion the same person as Jose Concepcion Jr.?
- No. Jose Concepcion Jr. was his father. Their careers and appointments are kept separate.
- What does Go Negosyo focus on?
- Its founder describes a model connecting entrepreneurs with mentorship, capital and markets; institutional accounts also document agricultural enterprise cooperation.
Keep exploring
Lives connected to this story
- Jose Concepcion Jr.
Read about Joey’s father, distinguishing the earlier industrial and civic career from the son’s corporate leadership and Go Negosyo work.
- Tony Tan Caktiong
Compare another Philippine consumer-business leader’s different founding and expansion history.
- Edgar “Injap” Sia II
Explore a separate entrepreneur’s route through food retail and later business development.
Sources and further reading
Explore the evidence
These references support the biography and offer further reading. Official records, first-person accounts and independent reporting provide different perspectives; image records document attribution and licensing.
- 1. Philippine Stock Exchange · current issuer recordRFM chairman, president and CEO, checked October 2026
The issuer record distinguishes the son’s full corporate name and current roles. A temporary direct-fetch timeout does not change the separately checked record; it is not presented as a 2015 role list.
- 2. RFM · FY2015 annual report23 June 1958 birth, De La Salle degree and historical recognition
The indexed primary company biography supplies the birth date and qualification after the large PDF exceeded direct retrieval limits. Birthplace is not inferred from a company or university address.
- 3. Concepcion Industrial · FY2024 SEC report, PDF page 252013 board election, separate company responsibilities and advisory periods
Historical government-adviser periods are dated and kept distinct from private company offices. Concepcion Industrial, RFM and the ice-cream business are separate entities.
- 4. Go Negosyo · founder’s account, 23 June 20252005 founding and the mentorship/capital/markets mission
The mission is the founder’s account, not independent proof of every outcome or an undated impact total.
- 5. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples · 21 March 2023Dated mentoring and agricultural-enterprise cooperation
- 6. Wikimedia Commons · image provenanceJoey Concepcion photograph, creator and reuse terms
The Commons description identifies Concepcion and the forum; the author declares this their own photograph under CC BY-SA 4.0. Camera metadata is consistent with the dated event. The full supplied frame is retained, including the podium and flags; no endorsement of this biography is implied.
