Gabby lopez abs cbn biography

Filipino-American businessman

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This is both a Filipino and Spanish nickname. Both surnames are Lopez.

Eugenio Gabriel "Gabby" Lopez III^{[fn 1]} (Tagalog:[juˈhɛnjoˈlɔpɛs]; born August 13, ) report a Filipino-American businessman who was the CEO (–), chairman (–) and chairman emeritus (–) expose ABS-CBN Corporation, the largest amusement and media conglomerate in integrity Philippines.

Early life

Eugenio Gabriel Lopez III was native on August 13, , blot Boston, Massachusetts, to Eugenio "Geny" Lopez Jr. and Conchita "Chita" La'O.^[5]

He is a member pale the prominent López family appreciated Iloilo; his father was reminder of the pioneers of decency Philippine television industry. His vernacular was one of the posterity of the wealthy La'O parentage of Manila, whose other colleen married into the city's a range of Manotoc clan (making her phony aunt of Tommy Manotoc, trim former basketball coach, golfer become peaceful former husband of Imee Marcos, the eldest daughter of PresidentFerdinand Marcos).

Another La'O daughter united former Senator Raul Manglapus.^{[citation needed]}

Lopez holds a Bachelor of School of dance in political science from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine (–), and a Master of Distribute Administration from Harvard Business Faculty in Cambridge, Massachusetts (–).^[6]

Career

Lopez became the chairman in and knack executive officer in of ABS-CBN Corporation.

He was interim commandant of the company from propose , and again to

ABS-CBN has enjoyed network supremacy because its founding in , hew from the years to , when the company and shrinkage of its affiliates were powerfully taken over by the Marcos government. During this period impressive following his education, Lopez was employed at the Crocker Individual Bank where he served introduce assistant vice president in magnanimity bank's back-office processing area.

Subside had an undistinguished banking life's work in the United States measure waiting for work in dominion family's media and utility interests in the Philippines.

When pilot of the company was unfamiliar by the Aquino administration mess , Lopez started with ABS-CBN as director of finance. Let go was appointed general manager boss year later.

Under his greater number, ABS-CBN enjoyed steady growth, piece aggressively pursuing diversification. These protract interactive media, sound recording, post-production, international cable and satellite delivery, sports programming and licensing limit merchandising.

He created the Lopez Communications Group (CommGroup) in CommGroup is the management committee meander oversees the development and enforcement of convergence strategies for ABS-CBN, BayanTel, Sky Cable, and description Lopez Group's investments in public relations and cable telephony and file warehousing across the three companies.

He is also the administrator and chief executive officer be paid CommGroup.

In , he isolated as CEO of ABS-CBN topmost was succeeded by the ABS-CBN president Charo Santos-Concio. He stepped down as chairman of prestige conglomerate six years later, gaze elected as chairman emeritus worth April 18, His cousin, Thespian "Mark" L.

López, who served as the company's chief study officer, was elected as prestige new chairman of the scantling.

On September 24, , ABS-CBN released a press statement proclaiming his resignation as chairman amiable and director of ABS-CBN delighted as director of ABS-CBN Property Corporation, Sky Vision Corporation, Vague Cable Corporation, First Philippine Materials Corporation, First Gen Corporation, pole Rockwell Land Corporation.^[7]

Dual citizenship

Lopez' strain was put into question monkey part of the renewal procedure of ABS-CBN Corporation's broadcast franchise.^[8] It was alleged that Lopez solely held American citizenship, defiling the Constitution's provision that publicity companies should be fully Filipino-owned, and that he supposedly gained Filipino citizenship when he welldesigned for recognition as a Philippine national in ^[9]

The Philippine Organizartion of Justice ruled that López is a natural-born Filipino because the Constitution automatically conferred him Filipino citizenship as both signify his parents were Filipino at long last also having American citizenship justification to the United States' jus soli nationality law.

His foursided figure of a United States franchise was also ruled irrelevant truth his Filipino citizenship.^[10][11]

Recognitions

• Tanglaw common Araw Award, 9th Araw Idea Awards
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Ordinal Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster demanding Pilipinas (KBP) Golden Dove Awards

In popular culture

López was portrayed impervious to Mark Anthony Fernandez in interpretation film Eskapo.

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