In 1991, Tan graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
Tan also have a master's degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University.
[1] In October 2019, Tan was appointed as president of the PAL Holdings Inc., the holding company of his father's flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc.[1][2] He was also director and president of Tanduay Distillers Inc. and Eton Properties Philippines Inc. and director and vice president of Fortune Tobacco Corp.[2] Tan owned the second reincarnation of the Tanduay in the PBA, then coached by Alfrancis Chua and led by Sonny Alvarado and Eric Menk.
Tan also owned Tanduay Light Rhum Masters in the PBA D-League, and he is the backer of the MPBL team Batangas City Tanduay Rhum Masters.
[2] Tan died at the Cardinal Santos Memorial Hospital in San Juan, after collapsing while in midday Saturday while playing in a recreational basketball game between Exile and Philippine Airlines at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong City.