Biography of bado dangwan

Filipino entrepreneur

Bado 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 from a friend, Dangwa managed to repair his vehicles to serviceability, converting them into prototypes of the jeepney which plied the La Trinidad-B