Bongbong was born in Manila on September 13, 1957. His father, Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, was the most decorated Filipino hero of World War II and the ninth president of the Philippines from 1966 to 1986.
His equally distinguished mother, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, served as the first governor of Metro Manila and Minister of Human Settlements, and is well-remembered as a dynamic patron of Philippine art and culture.
After finishing his elementary education in De la Salle College, the young Marcos took his secondary education in the Worth School in England.
From there, he got accepted to Oxford University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics in 1978.
From Oxford, he moved to the Wharton School of Business in the US to obtain his Master’s in Business Administration. While still completing his MBA thesis, he got elected in absentia as vice-governor of Ilocos Norte in 1980.
He is married to lawyer Louise Araneta, by whom he has three teenage sons. They make their home in both Metro Manila and Batac, Ilocos Norte.
