López family of Iloilo

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Eugenio Gabriel "Gabby" La'O Lopez III is a Filipino-American businessman who was the CEO and chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation and a prominent member of The Lopez Family. [1][2]
Regina Paz "Gina" La'o Lopez (December 27, 1953 – August 19, 2019) was a Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist, she was one of the most prominent members of The Lopez Family, who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in an ad interim basis under President Rodrigo Duterte.[3]

The López family of Iloílo is a wealthy and influential Filipino family of business magnates, media proprietors and philanthropists descended from Basílio López (c. 1800–c. 1875), a Chinese mestizo who adopted the surname of his Spanish master, López, upon the latter's death. He married Sabina Jalandoni and the couple had sixteen children:[4] Eulalia, Clara, Eulogia, Eugenio (1839-1906, "Kapitán Eugenio") , Gregoria, Estanislao, Marcelo, Claudio, Simón, Agripino, Francisco, Cipriana, Agripino, Eusebio, Ysidora, and María.[5]

The most prominent family members were the brothers Eugenio "Eñíng" H. López (1901–1975) and Fernando "Nandíng" H. López (1904–1993), great-grandsons of Basílio López and grandsons of Kapitán Eugenio J. López. The brothers' business interests are now known as the López Group of Companies. It includes the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and First Philippine Holdings Corporation.[6] Fernando also served twice as Vice President of the Philippines under Presidents Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos.

Notable members[]

References[]

  1. ^ Enriquez, Marge C. "From The Archives: How Eugenio "Geny" Lopez Jr Grew the ABS-CBN Empire". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. ^ Gaborne, Kenneth (2020-10-19). "Gabby Lopez's son to lead ABS-CBN's digital group | Bilyonaryo Business News". bilyonaryo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ^ News, ABS-CBN (2016-06-21). "Gina Lopez accepts Duterte's DENR offer". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. ^ McCoy, Alfred (2009). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines (reprint ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299229849.
  5. ^ "The Lopez Family". philippines.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  6. ^ Brazil, Eric (2 July 1999). "Eugenio Lopez, Philippine mogul, powerful patriarch helped end reign of Ferdinand Marcos". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 April 2012.


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