Early Life and Education
Born on April 6, 1974, Sherwin Ting Gatchalian is the eldest son of businessman, philanthropist and former presidential advisor William Gatchalian. He studied elementary and high school at the Grace Christian High School. He earned his business administration degree at the Boston University in Massachusetts. He later finished advanced studies in corporate finance at the Euromoney Institute of Finance in New York and language courses at the Beijing Language and Culture University in China.
Prior to government service, he worked for several blue chip companies, including Air Philippines International Corporation, the Wellex Group of Companies, Omico Mining Corporation, and Plastic City Corporation. Soon after finishing his Master's degree, he became the vice chairman of the Waterfront Philippines Inc.
While still a corporate executive, Gatchalian founded the WIN Action Center, Inc. which serves for the people of Valenzuela. The center, which remains in operation, regularly carries out medical missions, feeding programs, calamity response and assistance, scholarship grants, and youth outreach programs across Valenzuela.
When Valenzuela was divided to two congressional districts in 2001, he ran for the 12th Congress representing the first district of the city.
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