Net worth US$90 million (2011) Parents Eugenio Lopez, Jr. | Name Eugenio III Spouse(s) Panjee Gonzales Grandparents Eugenio Lopez, Sr. | |
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Full Name Eugenio Gabriel L. Lopez III Born November 4, 1952 (age 72) ( 1952-11-04 ) Manila, Philippines Alma mater Bowdoin CollegeHarvard Business School Occupation Chairman of ABS-CBN CorporationVice chairman of Lopez Holdings CorporationDirector of First Gen Corporation, First Philippine Holdings Corporation, Sky Vision CorporationChairman of Sky Cable CorporationBoard of Directors of INAEC Aviation Corportaion Children Sarah Lopez WestonEugenio Lopez IVSantiago LopezAndres Lopez Website corporate.abs-cbn.com/about-us/our-leadership Similar People Eugenio Lopez - Jr, Charo Santos‑Concio, Eugenio Lopez - Sr, Laurenti Dyogi, Malou N Santos | ||
Remarks of eugenio lopez iii at the lopez achievement awards
Eugenio Gabriel "Gabby" L. López III, (born August 13, 1952), is the current chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation, the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines, with investments primarily in television, radio, cable telecommunications, and film production. He is also director and treasurer of López Holdings Corporation (formerly Benpres Holdings Corporation).
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- Remarks of eugenio lopez iii at the lopez achievement awards
- ABS CBN chairman on possible Marcos win Thats democracy
- Biography
- Recognitions
- In popular culture
- References
ABS-CBN chairman on possible Marcos win: That's democracy
Biography
López became the chairman and chief executive officer of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in 1996. He had been President of the company from 1993 to 1996. His mother, Conchita "Chita" La'O was one of the daughters of the wealthy Chinese-Filipino La'O family of Manila, whose other daughter married into the city's old Manotoc clan (making her an aunt of Tommy Manotoc, a former basketball coach, golfer and former husband of Imee Marcos, the eldest daughter of President Ferdinand Marcos).
López has four children: a daughter living in London; son Eugenio Manuel G. López IV, living in California; and two younger sons, Santiago and Andrés, who live in Manila.
ABS-CBN has enjoyed network supremacy since its founding in 1953, apart from the years 1972 to 1986, when the company and all its affiliates were wrested from the Lópezes by the Marcos government. During this period and following his education, López employed at the Crocker National Bank, where he served as Assistant Vice President in the bank's back-office processing area. He had an undistinguished banking career in the United States while waiting for work in his family's media and utility interests in the Philippines.
When control of the company was restored by the Aquino administration in 1986, López started with ABS-CBN as Director of Finance. He was appointed General Manager a year later and the network regained its supremacy shortly after.
Under his leadership, ABS-CBN enjoyed steady growth, while aggressively pursuing diversification. These include interactive media, sound recording, post-production, international cable and satellite distribution, sports programming and licensing and merchandising.
A visionary, he created the López Communications Group (CommGroup) in 1997. CommGroup is the management committee that oversees the development and implementation of convergence strategies for ABS-CBN, BayanTel, SkyCable, and the López Group's investments in telecommunications and cable telephony and data warehousing across the three companies. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CommGroup.
López holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Bowdoin College (1970-1974) and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (1978-1980). He is a member of the prominent López family of Iloilo; his father, the late Eugenio "Geny" M. Lopez, Jr., is one of the pioneer of Philippine television industry.
In 2012, he retired as CEO of ABS-CBN and was succeeded by the ABS-CBN president Charo Santos-Concio while remaining as chairman of its board of directors.
Recognitions
In popular culture
López was portrayed by Mark Anthony Fernandez in the 1995 film Eskapo.