Pumanaw na ang Chinese-Filipino businessman na si Washington Sycip sa edad na 96.
Ito ang kinumpirma ni dating Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima sa kanyang tweet post ngayong umaga.
Wash #SyCip passed away last night enroute to New York. Wash was 96 years old and lived a very full and meaningful life. I will miss you #WS
— Cesar Purisima (@CVP1960) October 8, 2017
Ayon kay Purisima, mapayapang sumakabilang buhay si Sycip habang nasa eroplano patungong New York.
Kilala si Sycip bilang isang pilantropo at tanyag na accountant na siyang naging tagapagtatag ng SGV and Company, isang accounting firm at Asian Institute of Management, isang international management school sa Makati.