Eugenio Lopez, Jr.
| Eugenio M. López Jr. | |
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| Chairman, ABS-CBN Corporation | |
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In office 26 May 1993 – 10 December 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando López |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Lopez III |
| President/CEO, ABS-CBN Corporation | |
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In office 24 September 1956 – 26 May 1993 |
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| Succeeded by | Eugenio Lopez III |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eugenio Moreno López 4 November 1928 Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippine Islands |
| Died | 29 June 1999 (aged 70) Hillsborough, California, United States |
| Resting place | Manila Memorial Park, Parañaque, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Spouse(s) | Conchita La'O |
| Children |
Eugenio "Gabby" López III Regina Paz L. López or Gina Lopez Maria Rosario L. López Rafael Kevin L. López Roberta Pilar L. López Ernesto Miguel L. López Ramon Javier L. López |
| Occupation | Chairman, ABS-CBN Corporation; Businessman |
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Eugenio Moreno López Jr. (4 November 1928 – 29 June 1999), popularly known as Geny López and Kapitan, was the Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation from 1993 to 1997.
He was born as Eugenio Moreno López in 1928 in Iloilo City. His parents were Eugenio Lopez Sr., an owner of the publication Manila Chronicle and Chronicle Broadcasting Network, and his mother Pacita Moreno-López. He is a nephew of former Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez. He took his education at San Beda College, Ateneo de Manila, Virginia Military Institute where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and Harvard University where he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
In 1956, he purchased equipment for the radio and television branches of ABS-CBN, which his father owned. He would later lead this company as its President, until 1972. His father at that time, remained as the chairman of its board of directors as well as its CEO.
Geny as he being fondly called, being the eldest child in the family was being groomed by Don Ening to succeed him as the leader of all his businesses, including ABS-CBN and his father in doing that, is very hard on him and he worked harder to live up to his father's expectations. At that point, Don Ening also owned the Manila Electric Company or Meralco, the biggest power distributor in the country and the Manila Chronicle, a newspaper publishing company. Geny's father also owned vast haciendas of sugar lands in Western Visayas and a recognized chieftain of businessmen involved in sugar industry.
On 1972, then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, a close friend of the Lopezes imposed Martial Law in the country. Soon after that, the Lopezes would become victims of Martial Law. In November of that year, two military officers visited him at his Meralco office in Pasig City and invited him to Malacanang Palace, the President's official residence and office. Unknown to him, he was brought instead to the headquarters of the Presidential Security Command within Malacanang compounds.
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