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
- Eugenio Jalandoni López
- Eugenio H. López
- Fernando H. López
- Eugenio M. López Jr.
- Eugenio Gabriel L. López III
- Gina L. López
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.