López family of Iloilo

The López family of Iloílo is a wealthy and influential Filipino family of business owners, politicians, 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:[1] Eulalia, Clara, Eulogia, Eugenio (1839-1906, "Kapitan Eugenio") , Gregoria, Estanislao, Marcelo, Claudio, Simón, Agripino, Francisco, Cipriana, Agripino, Eusebio, Ysidora, and María.

The most prominent family members were the brothers Eugenio "Eñing" H. López (1901–1975) and Fernando "Nanding" H. López (1904–1993), great-grandsons of Basílio López and grandsons of Kapitan 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.[2] Fernando served as Vice President of the Philippines under Presidents Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos.

Notable members

References

McCoy, Alfred (2009). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines (reprint ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299229849.
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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[1] McCoy, Alfred (2009). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines (reprint ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299229849.

[2] Brazil, Eric (2 July 1999). "Eugenio Lopez, Philippine mogul, powerful patriarch helped end reign of Ferdinand Marcos". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 April 2012.