Leonardo S. Sarao
Was the founder and owner of Sarao Motors, a company known for
designing, manufacturing, and selling the jeepney, the most popular
mode of transportation in the Philippines. He is not the first person to
alter the surplus Jeeps left behind by the U.S. Army from World War II,
but he saw them as a business opportunity for mass transportation. He
redesigned the surplus jeeps to increase their functionality by
extending the body to accommodate at least twice the number of
passengers and by putting some railings at the back and top for extra
passengers to cling to and for cargo. He revolutionized a burgeoning
industry and changed the lives of generations of Filipinos. (wikiwand,
n.d.).