Manolo Elizalde

Manuel "Manolo" Díaz Elizalde Sr.[1][2][3][4] was a prominent Filipino businessman.

Biography

Elizalde was born in Manila to José Joaquín Elizalde and Carmen Díaz Moreau. He was a brother of diplomat Joaquín Miguel ("Mike"), Juan Miguel, Ángel, Federico ("Fred") and Carmenchu Elizalde.

During the 1920s, he was nicknamed "Lizz" Elizalde, playing the clarinet and the saxophone alongside his brother Fred.[5]

He was married to Mary Cadwallader and among the couple's children were Manuel Jr. ("Manda"),[6] Mary Ruth and Fred J. Elizalde.

Business

In 1936, he and his brothers established Elizalde & Company, Inc. after acquiring the major businesses of Ynchausti y Compañía, among them Ynchausti Shipping, Tanduay, YCO Paints and Floor Wax, Rizal Cement, and the Central Azucarera de La Carlota and Central Azucarera de Pilar (now Capiz Sugar Central) sugar refineries.[7] After World War II, Elizalde became president of the company after his brother Mike decided to step down from the position in order to focus on his diplomatic career.

In 1946, Elizalde and his brothers established Manila Broadcasting Company to acquire the radio stations KZRH and KYRC.[8]

Sports

From the 1920s to the 1930s, Elizalde was an avid polo player together with his brothers Mike, Juan Miguel and Ángel. In January 1937, the Elizalde brothers inaugurated the Los Tamaraos Polo Club in Tambo, Parañaque after resigning their memberships in the Manila Polo Club in protest to the rejection of the membership application of Manuel Nieto, aide-de-camp of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon. The Elizalde brothers proposed and seconded Nieto's membership application.[9][10]

As a sports patron, he founded the YCO and the original Tanduay basketball teams.

References
  1. "The Elizalde Family". philippines.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. Borja, Marciano R. De (2005). Basques in the Philippines. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 9780874175905.
  3. "The Most Influential and Enduring Families of the Philippines". Townandcountry.ph.
  4. "PBA Hall of Fame". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Manuel "Lizz" Elizalde biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. "Tribesman's Mentor". The New York Times. 13 August 1970. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. de Borja, Marciano R (2005). Basques in the Philippines. Nevada: University of Nevada Press. pp. 128–131. ISBN 0-87417-590-9.
  8. House of Representatives, Republic of the Philippines. "H.B. 4136" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. Harrison, F.B. "Diary of Francis Burton Harrison, March 24, 1935". The Philippine Diary Project. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. "Polo history in the Philippines". The Manila Times. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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