APO Hiking Society and hero, Apolinario Mabini, and later shortened to "Apo", an Ilocano term for a wise man or a Tagalog term of grandchildren, and later re-branded to "APO" (all caps). Contrary to popular belief, the "Apo" name was not a reference to the Philippines's highest peak, the potentially-active stratovolcano Mount Apo. As the students advanced into college, Danny Javier joined the group. After graduation, the majority of its members left to pursue individual careers, with only three members remaining, made up of Jim Paredes, Boboy Garovillo and Danny Javier. In the span of their professional career, Apo emerged as a principal
APO Group Business Services, the B2B division of French telecoms giant Orange S.A. – from 2004 to 2011. Reina has also served as Chairman of the Board of Orange Business Saudi Arabia, and Middle East Director in the Gulf region for Accenture. The founder, Chairman and 100% owner of APO Group is the Franco-Gabonese self-made entrepreneur and angel investor Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. APO Group has content partnerships with Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, CNBC Africa, Africanews, a subsidiary of euronews, LexisNexis, Dow Jones Factiva, Proquest, Acquire Media, Comtex, and 250 other African news websites. APO Group also provides a