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Isah V. Red, Editor Bernadette Lunas, Writer
That’s the title of a famous late ‘80s isahred@gmail.com Roxette song. Such phrase can actually be associated with someone still unborn satuRday, septemBeR 30, 2017 when it hit the parade, which means he might be someone among the empowered millennials, now. Well, William Russell Mendoza Scheirman, son of a German-American father, William Scheirman, and Filipino mother, Mary Glen Mendoza, is surely one empowered young man dressed up to look the part. By all considerations, he is qualified as a millennial corporate hotshot. At age 26, he is already the top honcho of a corporation handling various businesses to a tee. He has excelled in construction and real estate, healthcare business, restaurant service, and even the dealership of state-of-the-art motorcycles. He is no doubt a certified industry boss, a high roller who usually presides over closed-door meetings attended by established corporate men often twice his age. “Dress to impress. Don’t dress your age,” quipped William, somewhat implying that it is his way of masking the amusing fact that he is quite too young to be heading corporate business entities. Obviously, it is a kind of worry he’d rather have. What can he do if he has bloomed that tHiS GUY meanS BUSineSS. Twenty six-year-old William Scheirman, who heads several business entities, is a proof that millennials can be successful entrepreneurs even at a young age. early. With his mestizo looks and dashing debonair get-up, one can see the confidence come off him. It is a type of demeanor that says he knows what he is saying, with a voice naturally modulated as if to send the message he means business and his feet are always planted on the ground.
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Hard-worker, tech-savvy
This civil engineer graduated at Mapua Technical Institute in 2013, who greets people with a winsome smile complementing his boyish aura, simply embraces the ways of his generation with a competitive, reasonable mind. He shared, “We millennials are blessed with a world powered by wonderful technology and I make use of that to my advantage, especially in enhancing my knowledge in learning about the business I want to put myself in. That being said I do read books the conventional way and attends seminars to even know more. I’m not the honor student-type, but I studied very well during college.” While several young people find it an easier choice to party while they’re still young, William has a different, call it more responsible, thinking. He works now to play later, even wanting to semiretire when he reaches his 30s. Can’t blame him. Born from a family with middle-class background and mindset urging financial independence, he was raised to be a man who can stand on his own and can’t withstand being looked down to. early on his parents taught him the value of money and saving. He wasn’t given spare money; he knew he had to work hard to earn them. As a grader, the signs were already there for this self-made millionaire. In school, he would sell his uncle’s paintings, among other things, and take a cut from the sale. At one point he would lend friends some cash and then remind them each day of their payables. Funny as it sounded, he has inevitably been given the “bumbay” tag. Yet, that early run gave him the bare truth that while sav-
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ing is good, it is better, by his account, closet; he has good, savvy business ideas “to let grow whatever I have.” and the compassion to do what’s on his head. As it has always been the case, peoEarly bloomer ple tend to see him as a rare breed of a Knowing it is a family rule that by 18, doer and fun to do business with. he would have to make it on his own, After the initial baby steps of his brave William kicked off his professional venture into the corporate wilderness, it sprint to success even ahead of that age. didn’t take long for his business model “I started working as an employee at 17,” to take off. If you go into his head office he proudly recalled, “Three years later I in Marikina, a newly developed building began doing business with me running the community where a resto-bar he runs show. I had this belief that you should work called Forage is attractively situated on on your own if you want something.” the ground floor, while an inviting food At first, relatives asked him to develop park is a few steps away, with a long line building projects for them which was of motorcycle units parked on the other one fine way of getting started. Then he side of the road, you know this guy has went, in aggressive, no-nonsense manner, done some good stuff to make all of such to residential realty and leasing, before exist comfortably together. eventually adding pharmacy into his fold. His corporate governance is one of unSoon, he dipped into fusion restaurants traditional, yet effectively vibrant way. and distribution of mass-serving, three- No office politics. He is a boss-friend wheeled public transport vehicles. who gives people direction, with the asHe continued, “Upon understanding surance that an employee can always get the full specifics of a certain business, I back to him to clarify things. The sense will present a business proposal to pro- of ownership is encouraged for every soul spective investors. The key to finding an working for his companies, from the VP investor and implementing your busi- to the janitor, from the fresh grads to the ness concept lies in the perfect blend of vets. He hands employees the authority to science, gut-feel, and projection.” run the daily grind of the business and, on a deeper note, the break they deserve.
has convinced one private equity investor to another, each embracing his idea with trust and generosity. These investors could not have thanked themselves enough for believing in the right person. William, in his humble tone, stated, “I talk directly and speak confidently to business partners and to whomever I’m talking to. Before I say something, I make sure that is true.” Proof that he already established himself in the biz that quick is the fact he puts the virtue of reaching out to help alleviate the lives of the less privileged. For one, he pushed a housing project that offers a relatively affordable price for a place, or in his own words, “For 450 thousand may bahay ka na.”
Overseer, dreamer
One may ask how someone of his stature juggles his time. For this neatly-looking tall guy, the way to timemanagement is macro-management, or overseeing his businesses on a daily basis, with his trusted people working on the details. Besides, it’s his good leadership that makes the members of his team do the job like a well-oiled machine. Friday bowlings with his employFair and square ees is one way of de-stressing and teamTruthfulness and honesty are fixed on True gentleman building for the whole bunch. Business the table for William. He is one fair and Needless to say, this fine, young gen- and pleasure, as oft said, should come square dude, with nothing to hide in his tleman who practically started at zero, into good play.
William is a boss-friend who gives his employees direction with the assurance that they can always get back to him to clarify things
Asked about the person he looks up to as a model, he name-dropped young billionaire Injap Sia, best known for popularizing the Mang Inasal brand and selling it to the owner of Jollibee for a hefty sum. He already met the latter in a casual stance. Whether they do business together someday remains to be seen. But one thing’s for sure, William became a big time by having himself influenced by the greats. “I want to inspire other people my age, to be known as a good example for the young generation,” the master millennial who is Christian by faith expressed. “There are two Fs that I value the most: family and future. I always get back to the truth that I belong to a certain bloodline that meant so much to my life, all the while I’m preparing myself for the future.” A surefire eligible bachelor who can pass up for a leading man in a movie about millennials, William Scheirman is actually one who did experience getting heartbroken. And turned it into a reason to fix the day. He happily shared that in the past he had a girlfriend who left him because he couldn’t afford to provide her material wants. At that point, he felt he needed to make money of his own. Yeah boy, he did just that and wasted no time, doing it in a way more than impactful enough to create a millennial success story.
The civil engineer graduated at Mapua Technical Institute in 2013
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