De Venecia III is the eldest son of Jose de Venecia, Jr., the Philippines' former five-term Speaker of Congress and Victoria Salazar Perez.
He received much attention in the Philippines as a whistleblower related to the corruption scandal surrounding the ZTE broadband project.
Joey finished his undergraduate accountancy degree at American University and his MBA, merit scholar, Fordham University.
He worked as an auditor for Arthur Anderson-based out of Washington, DC for over 4 years and for SGV & Co in the Philippines before obtaining his MBA.