LOOK: Business tycoon Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala rides the MRT earlier today | Photo by Owen Madlangsakay pic.twitter.com/rjykpdzewJ — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) December 14, 2015

MANILA - Businessman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ayala Corporation, was spotted on Monday riding the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3).

Zobel de Ayala reportedly took the train around 6 a.m. as part of an orientation tour to check the interconnection of the mass rail system.

The businessman and his companions also did a field visit to check on the "beep" cards and Light Rail Transit-Line 1 (LRT-1). It is only Zobel de Ayala's third time to ride the MRT.

Ayala Corp. is a partner of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. in AF Payments Inc., the private concessionaire for the contactless tickets.

The Ayala group is also part of the consortium Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), which has taken over the operations and maintenance of the LRT-1.

LRMC bagged the P65 billion LRT-1 Cavite extension project that aims to extend the current LRT-1 line from its present end-station in Baclaran to parts of Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Cavite.

Zobel de Ayala is the son of Ayala Corp. chairman emeritus Jaime Zobel de Ayala.

The Ayala family is the 35th richest family in Asia with a net worth of $4.2 billion. -- With a report from Liza Reyes, ABS-CBN News