López family of Iloilo
CountryPhilippines
Place of originJaro, Iloilo City
MembersBasílio López
Eugenio López Sr.
Fernando López
Eugenio López Jr.
Eugenio López III
Gina López
Mark López
Carlo López Katigbak
Eugenio Gabriel "Gabby" La'O Lopez III.[1][2]
Regina Paz "Gina" La'O Lopez[3]

The López family of Iloílo is a wealthy and influential Filipino family of business magnates, media proprietors, politicians, and philanthropists descended from Filipino-Chinese merchant Basílio López (c. 1800–c. 1875), 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 and entertainment conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, and power generation and distribution company 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 December 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gaborne, Kenneth (October 19, 2020). "Gabby Lopez's son to lead ABS-CBN's digital group | Bilyonaryo Business News". bilyonaryo.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ ABS-CBN News (June 21, 2016). "Gina Lopez accepts Duterte's DENR offer". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  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 December 7, 2021.
  6. ↑ Brazil, Eric (July 2, 1999). "Eugenio Lopez, Philippine mogul, powerful patriarch helped end reign of Ferdinand Marcos". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
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