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Bado Dangwa
Filipino entrepreneur
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Maduway and the surname or paternal family name is Dangwa.
Bado Maduway Dangwa (May 5, 1905 – March 18, 1976[1]) was a Filipino entrepreneur, soldier and politician who founded the Dangwa Transportation Company, one of the biggest transport firms in the northern Philippines, and served as the twelfth Governor of Benguet.
Birth
Dangwa was born on May 5, 1905, in Kapangan, Benguet.[2]
Transport business
While studying at the La Trinidad Agricultural School, his passion towards mechanics caught the attention of his American teacher James Wright, who convinced him to start a business in transportation and helped him buy five dilapidated vehicles from a garage owner in La Trinidad which became the nucleus[2] of the firm he founded, the Dangwa Transportation Company, which was incorporated in 1935.[1] After borrowing P10